"Sanctuary city" is a euphemism for the local and state nullification of federal law.* A
sanctuary city is a place where illegal aliens can acquire political asylum, regardless of any laws they have broken to get there. The 21st century implementation
of this idea seems to have originated in California.
How's that working out? Not too well, considering the recent surge in violent crimes committed by illegal aliens,
and the use of "anchor babies" to enable everyone in an extended family to gain admission to this country.
Related topics:
Immigration in general
The byproducts of liberalism
Lies about immigration
Welfare programs attract illegal immigrants
Background, overview and recap articles:
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How
Final Removal Orders Can Overcome Sanctuary City Defiance. The legal arguments
against sanctuary cities' refusal to honor ICE detainers rest on well-established constitutional
and statutory principles. Federal law is unambiguous in its supremacy over immigration
matters. Under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, federal law takes precedence over
conflicting state or local policies. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) grants the
federal government exclusive authority over immigration enforcement, and Congress has determined
that cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities is
essential. Statutes such as 8 U.S.C. §1373 explicitly prohibit state and local
governments from enacting policies that restrict communication with federal immigration
agencies. This statute ensures that local officials cannot block or impede the flow of
critical information needed to enforce federal immigration laws. Moreover, the refusal to
honor ICE detainers undermines the public safety rationale underlying immigration enforcement.
The
RICO Case Against Sanctuary Cities and Their Criminal Allies. Democrat-controlled
sanctuary cities have evolved into more than passive resistors of federal immigration law; they
have become active participants in an ideological rebellion against the sovereignty of the United
States. These jurisdictions, under the guise of humanitarianism, have created an
infrastructure that facilitates illegal immigration while openly obstructing federal law
enforcement. The consequences of this calculated defiance are far-reaching, with radical
organizations such as Unión del Barrio (UdB) exploiting these protections to run an illicit
network that aids illegal aliens, including violent criminals. Sanctuary jurisdictions claim
that they simply refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. However, the
reality is far more insidious. Local law enforcement in these cities often goes beyond
passive non-compliance by actively alerting illegal immigrants and their criminal allies to federal
enforcement activities. This practice is particularly evident in Colorado and California,
where pro-migrant organizations have formed alliances with local police departments to provide
intelligence on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. Just this morning, ICE
raids on TdA in Colorado were leaked to the criminal gang, allowing more than 100 illegal criminal
gang members to escape. Instead of encountering the illegals, ICE was met by anti-deportation
activists with bullhorns — activists who had arrived before ICE, indicating premeditated
interference. Evidence suggests that groups such as UdB are not merely assisting immigrants
in avoiding deportation but are engaged in organized criminal activity that directly violates the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.
Judges Gone
Rogue. The increasingly radicalized Democratic Party has come completely unhinged where immigration law
enforcement is concerned, creating so-called "Sanctuary Cities" which openly boast that they will shield "immigrants" from
immigration law enforcement. Of course, as I have written in numerous articles, lawful immigrants and temporary
(non-immigrant) alien visitors need no shielding from ICE no more than licensed motorists who operate their motor vehicles in
compliance with motor vehicle laws need no shielding from police officers. New York State's Governor Cuomo has endorsed
sanctuary polities for New York State and has referred to valiant ICE agents as "Thugs." Shielding illegal aliens from ICE
undermines the efforts of the DHS to deter aliens from entering the United States illegally and deter aliens who are lawfully
admitted from subsequently violating our immigration laws by overstaying their lawful period of admission, accepting illegal
employment or otherwise violating their terms of their admission. In point of fact, under the provisions of a federal
law that is comprehended within the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S. Code § 1324, it is a
felony to harbor or shield illegal aliens from detection.
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Ways to Be a Good Citizen, and Fight Bad Ones. Sanctuary cities are oxymoronic. Harboring illegals, gang
members, and criminal fugitives, they provide no sanctuary from crime for law-abiding Americans. Their existence
eviscerates government's fundamental compact with its citizenry to provide for their welfare and safety. When attorneys
and government officials are sworn into office, they take a public oath with hand on a Bible to protect the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America. Yet, in California, illegals are not only allowed to live and thrive openly,
but permitted to become lawyers and practice law while breaking the basic laws they swear to uphold.
Fugitive
Cities Have Harbored 10,000 Criminal-Alien Recidivists. The phrase "sanctuary cities" is warm and welcoming.
Sanctuaries are safe, cozy, and sometimes therapeutic. This term is also a deceptive euphemism for something thoroughly
unacceptable. Conservatives redefined the debate on the "estate tax" when 60 Plus Association founder Jim Martin
rechristened it the "Death Tax." Likewise, those who seek law, order, and sanity in immigration should refer to "sanctuary
cities" as "fugitive cities." Anyone who hides a wanted criminal from federal officials could be prosecuted for harboring
a fugitive. According to 18 U.S. Code § 1071, it is "an offense to harbor or conceal any person for
whose arrest a warrant or process has been issued, so as to prevent the fugitive's discovery and arrest." Also, 8 U.S. Code
§ 1324 prohibits sheltering illegal aliens from authorities. Breaking these laws can cost up to five years behind bars.
I
hope Democrats defend sanctuary cities. It's bad policy, and it'll cost them. The Justice Department is
now challenging several laws in California that not only interfere with the nation's immigration policies but also place
American citizens and law enforcement personnel at risk. The idea that laws can be ignored and that state and local
politicians can affirmatively warn lawbreakers of how to escape apprehension is incredible. It is indefensible.
We either have laws, or we don't. And if our elected leaders don't want to uphold the law, they can either change them
or resign. The law is not optional once you have made a pledge to uphold the duties of your office. Open-border
radicals in California and other liberal strongholds must be held accountable. Of course, liberals would have you
believe that they are only interested in protecting the poor, the oppressed and the hardworking who have nowhere else to go.
But in many cases, their actions allow dangerous and sometimes repeat criminals to be shielded from deportation or prison.
Cali vs. USA.
Under the longstanding doctrine in American constitutional law known as "dual sovereignty," states cannot be compelled to enforce
federal immigration laws, but they are obliged not to hinder their enforcement. The so-called sanctuary cities that form the
bulk of the sanctuary movement really ought to be called traitor cities because they are in open rebellion against the United States,
just like the slave states that seceded from the Union before the Civil War. The sanctuary movement gave illegal aliens
permission to rob, rape, and murder Americans by, among other things, stigmatizing immigration enforcement. Some left-wingers
use the dreadful euphemism "civil liberties safe zones" to describe sanctuary jurisdictions. The phrase deliberately blurs the
distinction between citizens and non-citizens by implying illegal aliens somehow possess a civil right to be present in the U.S.
Liberal
Lingo: 'Sanctuary Cities'. The only people who get sanctuary in "Sanctuary Cities" are criminals. Cities
and states can't stop ICE from enforcing the law; laws supported by generations of Democrat politicians, by the way.
They can't provide safe haven for "honest" illegals; not that they need to since "honest" illegals are not that frequently
targeted even by the "racist" Trump administration. But what local governments can do is shield illegals who commit
additional crimes in the US from being deported. "Sanctuary Cities" do so by preventing the police from notifying ICE
when an illegal has been arrested for a crime. Historically the police would notify ICE, ICE would go to the police
station and conduct a safe — for the illegal and the community — transfer to ICE so that the criminal
could be deported. In "Sanctuary Cities" illegals who drive drunk, for example, are simply allowed back into society
without ICE having a chance to deport them. That's right; "Sanctuary Cities" exist to ensure that illegals who drive
drunk or commit a wide range of other crimes don't risk deportation.
Gimme Shelter. [Scroll
down] And here's nub of it: the Steinle case is important, not simply as a matter of (at the very least) criminally
negligent homicide, but as a fatality caused by a man who should not have been in San Francisco, or anywhere else in the U.S.,
at all. It's good that the feds are now going to charge him, but the damage has been done. Deported
multiple times, the perp kept coming back, knowing he would find "sanctuary," not only in San Francisco but everywhere else
in the state of California. "Sanctuary" from what? Sanctuary from the laws of the United States. Every
state, municipality and local jurisdiction that declares itself a place of "sanctuary" should henceforth be treated as being
in open rebellion against the federal government, in exactly the same way that South Carolina and the secessionist
Confederacy was — and was treated as such by Abraham Lincoln — in 1861.
Why
Sanctuary Cities Encourage Illegal Immigration. Numerous cities have declared themselves to be "sanctuary cities," where local
police are forbidden to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in enforcing our national immigration laws. Legislation is now
moving through the California legislature to implement such a policy throughout that entire state. Why this energy to protect violators
of our laws? Oddly, the answer goes back to the founding. Due to a residue of the notorious three-fifth compromise, sanctuary cities
encourage illegal immigration because undocumented residents (to use the politically correct term) are counted in determining representation in
the House of Representatives and state legislatures. The more undocumented a city has, the more seats it gets.
Timely news and commentary:
Obama
Judge Shields Sanctuary Cities From Trump's Immigration Crackdown Efforts. A federal
judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot cut funding to 34 cities and
counties in response to sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration
enforcement. U.S. District Judge William Orrick, who previously issued an order protecting
more than a dozen other jurisdictions, extended a preliminary injunction blocking the
administration from pulling federal money or attaching immigration-related conditions to its use.
[Tweet] The ruling also barred the administration from placing new immigration requirements
on two federal grant programs. Orrick stated that the administration's only opposition to
expanding the injunction was the claim that the first injunction was incorrect, which is currently
under appeal.
Boston
Cops Defy Left-Wing Mayor Michelle Wu, Secretly Aid ICE in Arresting Criminal
Illegals. It appears that many of Boston's officers are quietly rebelling against the
anti-ICE stance taken by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's (D) administration. According to acting
ICE Director Todd Lyons, Boston cops are secretly providing critical information to federal
immigration officials to help arrest criminal illegal aliens — a bold move that flies in
the face of the sanctuary city policies pushed by Wu and other extremist Democrat mayors across the
country. [Advertisement] For years, Boston, under Wu's leadership, has been one of the
loudest advocates of the sanctuary city movement. Her administration has consistently refused
to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, shielding illegal immigrants from enforcement
efforts and pushing a narrative that criminal aliens should be protected rather than
deported. But as Lyons revealed in an interview with conservative radio host Howie Carr, the
rank-and-file officers on the ground are frustrated and unwilling to stand idly by as dangerous
criminals roam the streets. "They can't cooperate openly out of fear of getting in trouble or
getting fired. But they're helping us anyway," Lyons said.
Federal
Court Blocks Trump Admin From Withholding Funds To 'Sanctuary Jurisdictions'. A U.S.
District Judge has issued a new order that expands an injunction preventing the federal government
from withholding funds from a group of cities and counties designated as "sanctuary
jurisdictions." The ruling by Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California
extends the scope of a preliminary injunction issued in April 2025 and applies it to dozens of
new plaintiffs who joined the lawsuit. [Advertisement] The order directly addresses the
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), ruling that conditions placed on Continuum of
Care (CoC) and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs are impermissible. The court
found these conditions to be an implementation of previously enjoined executive orders and agency
directives that sought to link federal funding to local immigration enforcement cooperation.
In his decision, Judge Orrick reaffirmed the court's earlier conclusion that the federal
government's actions were likely unconstitutional.
Boston
Mayor Vows to Continue Providing Sanctuary for Illegal Rapists. In June, ICE arrested
1,500 illegal alien criminals across Massachusetts. They included several rapists and a few
child rapists. One of those illegal alien rapists was operating in Boston. Now, Mayor
Wu of Boston, previously honored by the Freedom Center as one of the worst mayors in America,
delivered her own version of the 'segregation today, segregation tomorrow' speech which could be
summed up as 'harboring illegal alien rapists today, harboring illegal alien rapists tomorrow
speech.' "Boston will not back down," Wu claimed, while trying to invoke the history of the
American Revolution, even after previously mocking white people. But it's not Boston here,
it's a bunch of radical leftists who have usurped Boston and are using the city to shield human monsters.
Suspected
Illegal Alien Killed in Sanctuary California — Ran onto Highway While Fleeing from
ICE. A suspected illegal alien was killed after darting onto a freeway to avoid
contact with federal immigration officers conducting an enforcement operation at a Home Depot store
in Monrovia on Thursday, according to city officials. The man was struck by a passing
motorist and taken to a hospital, where he later died. [Advertisement] Monrovia City Manager
Dylan Fiek says the man ran from the Home Depot parking lot onto the 210 Freeway and likely was
fleeing to avoid detection by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city located
20 miles north of Los Angeles. According to the statement, the Monrovia Police
Department was notified of a possible ICE operation at the home improvement store at 1625 Mountain
Avenue on Thursday morning. The responding officer observed ICE agents approaching the store,
who then began conducting enforcement activities. [Tweet]
Illegal
Alien Behind Fatal Florida Big Rig Crash; Sec. Duffy Signals Major Action On CDL Crisis.
Six months ago, the advocacy group American Truckers United (ATU) emerged as a prominent voice on X
(read here), leading the charge within the U.S. trucking sector against the massive influx of
non-domiciled Commercial Driver's License (CDL) holders — allowed under the globalist Biden-Harris
regime — that has transformed America's highways into both a public safety crisis and a national
security risk. Highway crashes involving migrant truck drivers — brought into the U.S. and
granted CDLs in sanctuary states with little oversight — are fueling a dangerous nationwide crisis
playing out by the week, with mounting highway crashes, killing innocent Americans who are lost in
the blink of an eye.
Illegal
Immigrant Semi Truck Driver Makes A VERY Illegal U-Turn On The Florida Turnpike, Kills
3 People. On Tuesday, a truck driver, identified as Harjinder Singh, an
undocumented immigrant in the United States, caused a fatal accident on Florida's Turnpike near
Fort Pierce by making an illegal U-turn, resulting in the deaths of three people. Singh, who
holds a commercial driver's license (CDL) issued in California, was arrested and charged with three
counts of vehicular homicide. Video footage captured the aftermath of the collision, showing
Singh exiting his 18-wheeler to inspect the wreckage of a minivan that struck his truck, but not
showing any emotion toward those who lost their lives. The crash left the minivan severely
damaged and claimed the lives of its three occupants. [Video clip]
Three
Floridians were killed when a trucker attempted a U-turn in the middle of the intrastate.
This story out of Florida is so senselessly tragic. A trucker illegally made a u-turn on a Florida
intrastate [sic] using the emergency only turn around lane. When he crossed over by turning left
ON THE INTRASTATE [sic] from a right lane, a minivan carrying three Florida residents hit the truck
at full speed, killing all inside. [Tweet with video clip] I mean, how stupid do you
have to be to try this maneuver instead of driving to the next exit to turn around? And, yes, the
driver was an illegal alien. [Tweet with video clip]
Truck
Driver Who Killed Three Was an Illegal Immigrant, and Now Gavin Newsom Is Implicated.
The story of a Sikh truck driver who made an illegal U-turn in Florida and killed three people has
taken an even more disturbing turn, and now Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is implicated.
[Advertisement] In-cab video showed Harjinder Singh and a driving companion using an "official
use only" turnaround on a highway. As they entered the opposing lane of traffic, a minivan
slammed into the side of the trailer, destroying it beyond all recognition. Its three
occupants were killed, and Singh is now in custody, facing manslaughter charges. That wasn't
the end of the ordeal, though. As Florida authorities began to dig into the truck driver's
background, they discovered he's an illegal immigrant. Worse, he was issued a commercial
driver's license under Newsom's sanctuary state policies.
Tipping
off illegal aliens is aiding and abetting and obstruction of justice. One of the
latest controversies surrounding law enforcement operations targeting illegal aliens were the
actions of State Senator Analise Ortiz: ["]Last week, Arizona State Sen. Analise
Ortiz, vulgarly defended her actions after she admitted to alerting illegal immigrants to ICE
presence in her district. The Glendale leftist, who also is accused of doxxing Immigration
and Customs Enforcement agents, shook her fist at 'fascists and white supremacists in power in
Arizona' and claimed she had a right to interfere in federal immigration law enforcement
activities.["] Senator Ortiz has decided that she is protected by the First Amendment,
and some agree with her conclusion: [...] But those people who are not willing to aid and abet
criminals disagree. They recognize that the First Amendment is being manipulated and abused.
The
illegals of D.C.. Washington, D.C. is not a sanctuary. [...] Federal law is also
plain: you are either lawfully admitted (and, if a nonimmigrant, for a limited time) or you are
here illegally. There's no middle ground: that would be like being "a little bit
pregnant." Crossing the border unlawfully or overstaying a visa is not a "minor paperwork
issue." It is a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Liberals love to say
"no one is above the law." That includes their "neighbors" who are in the country
illegally. There's no "good neighbor" exemption from federal law. There's certainly not
an exemption for foreigners but not citizens.
Some states have foolishly declared themselves "sanctuaries," flirting with nullification
in defiance of federal authority. But D.C. is not a state — it is federal
soil. The idea that the capital of the United States can refuse to enforce U.S. law is
absurd, dangerous, and constitutionally bankrupt.
Minneapolis
Democratic socialist Omar Fateh vows to protect illegal immigrants from 'hostile' Trump
admin. Democratic socialist and Minneapolis mayoral hopeful Omar Fateh says his first
priority in office would be protecting illegal immigrants from President Donald Trump's "hostile
federal government." Fateh made the statement during an interview with KARE 11 News in
Minnesota, doubling down on his identity as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, but
denying his policies are "radical." "Day one, if you were elected, what would be some of your
top two or three priorities for the city?" the reporter asked in an interview aired
Friday. "The first I would say would be a hostile federal government, with not only Donald
Trump in office, but he essentially has a trifecta with both chambers of Congress and the Supreme
Court. A lot of our neighbors, especially our undocumented residents are very concerned,"
Fateh responded. The candidate went on to say public safety would be his second priority, but
he declined to endorse the Democratic Socialist platform of abolishing the police entirely.
Pam
Bondi Warns California Will Lose Federal Funding Unless Sanctuary Policies Are Ended.
Attorney General Pam Bondi warned that California will lose federal funding unless Gov. Gavin
Newsom (D-CA) ends the state's sanctuary city policies. [Advertisement] Bondi revealed in
a post on X that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had "delivered demand letters" to sanctuary
cities, counties, and states throughout the nation as part of an effort to "eradicate sanctuary
policies" from California. In her post, Bondi included a letter addressed to Newsom.
[Advertisement] [Video clip] In the letter to Newsom, Bondi explained that President
Donald Trump had "directed" Bondi, in coordination with Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Secretary Kristi Noem to "identify sanctuary jurisdictions and notify them of their unlawful
sanctuary status and potential violations of federal law." [Advertisement] "The United
States has a long history of cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies, including
for immigration enforcement," Bondi said.
The UK must
reject "Sanctuary Cities". We are inheriting the worst ideas from the States (under the Democrats). [Video clip]
The
many problems with driver's licenses for illegal aliens. My son recently earned his
Virginia driver's license. The process was rigorous. Until COVID, the Old Dominion
emphasized the responsibility that comes with driving by requiring minors to receive their licenses
in a formal court ceremony. Contrast that with what I witnessed in a Northern Virginia
municipal court a few years ago. Defendant after defendant stood before a judge, unable to
speak English and charged with driving without a license. The judge gave a gentle scolding,
extracted a promise "not to do it again," and sent them on their way — often to an
illegal job. ICE could have a field day in the municipal courts of Arlington, Fairfax, Falls
Church, Loudoun, and Prince William. But local politicians and prosecutors (but I repeat
myself) look the other way. Unlicensed drivers haven't gone through American driver
training. They're often uninsured, meaning law-abiding citizens subsidize the damage when
accidents happen. Is that just another cost of "inclusion and diversity" under Democrat governance?
O'Keefe:
Vera Institute Director Confesses Non-Profit 'Tips Illegals Off' Regarding ICE Whereabouts Using
Secret "Notification Systems". The O'Keefe Media Group on Thursday released
undercover video of the Vera Institute Director confessing the non-profit "tips illegals off" on
ICE agents' whereabouts by using secret "notification system." "There's been some really great
work that has been done to create [ICE] notification systems," Santiago Mueckay, Director of
Advocacy for the Vera Institute of Justice told an OMG undercover reporter. Mueckay boasted
about how the Vera Institute helps illegals evade immigration officials. "We know which
states are being targeted... If you see someone [ICE agents], you can text the group, and then
it'll go on a website... so people can avoid the area," Mueckay said. [Advertisement] "We
[Vera] keep track of everything that's happening with ICE," he said. [Tweet with video clip]
Bombshell
Study Reveals Real Reason Behind Surge in Homelessness. Democrats who are in charge
of many of the cities hardest hit by the devastation will blame almost anything other than their
own failed policies. But according to a study from researchers at the University of Chicago
and Dartmouth College — not exactly institutions known as conservative
bastions — there's another reason behind the startling rise in the homeless population,
and it's not what Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker and the mainstream media are telling you. [...] Note
that the numbers the researchers provided above only describe the sheltered homeless.
The number of homeless on the streets has also risen precipitously, as anyone who lives in a major
city can tell you. [...] According to a count in 2024, more than 771,800 people are homeless
in the U.S. on any given night, with the biggest numbers in New York and California —
two sanctuary states with soft-on-crime laws and progressive governors.
Asylum
Seekers and the Rise in Homelessness. Data from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) indicate an unprecedented 43 percent increase in the number of people
residing in homeless shelters in the United States between 2022 and 2024, reversing the gradual
decline over the preceding sixteen years. Three-quarters of this rise was concentrated in
four localities — New York City, Chicago, Massachusetts, and Denver — where
large inflows of new immigrants seeking asylum were housed in emergency shelters. Using
direct estimates from local government sources and indirect methods based on demographic changes,
we estimate that asylum seekers accounted for about 60 percent of the two-year rise in
sheltered homelessness during this period, challenging media and policy narratives that primarily
attribute this rise to local economic conditions and housing affordability.
Cancel
the 2028 L.A. Olympics. It's time, right now, for greater Los Angeles to halt all
preparations to host the 2028 Summer Olympics. Let's turn over these Games to a world city
better positioned to host them. Not because Angelenos don't love the Olympics. [...] But it's
no longer peacetime in Los Angeles. This event is now too dangerous for California.
Hosting an Olympic Games requires us to work together with a lawless U.S. regime — and
its rights-violating security apparatus — as it openly wages war against our city and state.
The Editor says...
The Olympics is a political bargaining chip, even in a more peaceful year.
California's ubiquitous illegal aliens, homeless bums, drug addicts and shoplifters are an
international embarrassment. Violent criminals are everywhere, thanks to left-wing judges, so
it would be nearly impossible to find safe housing and transportation for the TV crews and
international visitors. It would be impossible to clean up all the messes California's
socialist Democrat leaders have created by the time the Olympics begin, so the least embarrassing
course of action is to play the victim card and the "Trump is Hitler" card.
There are plenty of other reasons to cancel the Olympics, but this one is a smokescreen.
Federal
Judge Upholds Chicago, Cook County and Illinois Protections for Undocumented Immigrants, Tosses
Trump Lawsuit. A federal judge refused Friday to invalidate the state, city and
county laws designed to protect undocumented immigrants in Chicago by prohibiting local law
enforcement officials from helping federal agents, tossing a lawsuit filed by President Donald
Trump. U.S. District Court Judge Lindsey Jenkins' decision to grant Chicago Mayor Brandon
Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's request to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the Department
of Justice without holding a full trial is a major win for officials seeking to prevent federal
officials from slashing billions of dollars in federal aid to Chicago and Illinois. Forcing
Chicago and Illinois law enforcement officials to help federal agents conduct deportation
operations is unconstitutional, Jenkins ruled.
Colorado's
top cop just declared war on cops. In a state already reeling from crime, fentanyl
deaths, and a collapsing trust in public safety, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has decided
the real threat is a sheriff's deputy who pulled someone over for tailgating. This isn't
satire. It's Weiser's latest political stunt: a lawsuit against Mesa County Deputy Alexander
Zwinck, who made the mistake of doing his job. His "crime"? Sharing basic information with
federal immigration authorities after a routine traffic stop revealed the driver was a Brazilian
national with an expired visa. Weiser's office calls that a civil rights violation.
Normal people call it law enforcement. Let's be clear: Deputy Zwinck didn't beat
anyone, didn't racially profile anyone, didn't violate any citizen's constitutional rights.
He simply alerted federal agents in his federally funded drug task force that someone was in the
country illegally. That's not scandalous. That's called coordination. It's what
law enforcement has done for decades to keep our streets safe.
NYC
[is being] sued over sanctuary city policies. The Trump administration is taking New
York City to federal court over its "sanctuary" policies that restrict cooperation with federal
immigration crackdowns, accusing the city of shielding wanted criminals from deportation. The
lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges that the city's sanctuary policies have
"allowed dangerous criminals to roam the streets and commit heinous crimes within the community"
and are an "intentional effort to obstruct federal law enforcement" that violates the supremacy
clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Justice
Department sues New York City over sanctuary laws. The Justice Department on Thursday
sued New York City, including Mayor Eric Adams, in a challenge to the city's sanctuary laws as the
Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration. The department accused New York City
of allowing criminals to freely roam the streets and commit serious crimes through its sanctuary
policies, without proper repercussions. The administration claimed the sanctuary policies
also obstructed efforts by federal law enforcement to crack down on illegal immigration and detain
serious criminals. "New York City has released thousands of criminals on the streets to
commit violent crimes against law-abiding citizens due to sanctuary city policies," Attorney
General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. "If New York City won't stand up for the safety of
its citizens, we will."
They're
Not Sanctuary Cities; They're Slavery Cities. Sanctuary cities and states exist not
for the altruistic reasons blue state leaders claim, but because of profit — the profit
of slavery. Progressives portray sanctuary cities as a necessary means to balance public
safety, human rights, and local autonomy in the face of federal immigration enforcement.
Sanctuary City supporters harp on false narratives. Thus, they'll routinely raise a handful
of now familiar arguments:
• Encouraging the reporting of crime, thereby reducing it
• Limiting federal overreach
• Protecting due process
• Preventing family separation
• Supporting economic contributors
• Moral resistance
• Upholding American values
The truth is different. Sanctuary city proponents are in the slavery business.
Appeals
Court Overturns New Jersey Sanctuary Law Shielding Illegal Aliens from Detention. An
appeals court has overturned a New Jersey sanctuary law that attempted to ban state and local
agencies, as well as private contractors, from partnering with the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal aliens in detention centers. On Tuesday, the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that New Jersey's law, known as AB 5207,
"interferes with the federal government's core power to enforce immigration laws" by banning state
and local agencies and private contractors from working with ICE to operate detention centers for
illegal aliens.
Homan
Has a Message for Sanctuary Cities That Continue to Hinder ICE's Efforts. Over the
weekend two illegal aliens with lengthy and violent arrest records shot a Border Patrol agent in
the face. The attack happened in New York. One of the illegal aliens was previously
arrested for attempted kidnapping in Massachusetts and stabbing, yet was released under dangerous
sanctuary policies. [Advertisement] [Three tweets] On Monday, Homeland Security
Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan held a press conference in New York City, vowing to
"flood the zone" against sanctuary jurisdictions and those harboring illegal aliens.
Noem
Slams Nashville Mayor for Undermining Immigration Enforcement. The Trump administration's
efforts to secure our borders and rid the country of dangerous illegal aliens who commit heinous
crimes are difficult enough, but states and cities with sanctuary policies make it more
difficult. These localities say that they're sanctuaries under the guise of compassion, but
deep down, they're set on undermining American identity and sovereignty. [Advertisement]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, and she highlighted
the accomplishments of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since President Donald Trump's
inauguration in January. ICE has arrested nearly 300,000 illegals so far this year, roughly
70% of whom have criminal charges or convictions pending. Additionally, her department has
deported over 600 terrorists or suspected terrorists and thousands of gang members. It's an
impressive accomplishment to say the least. Noem then turned her attention to the city where
she was speaking. [...]
Noem
slams Nashville mayor, highlights crime among illegal migrants. [Scroll down]
Noem specifically highlighted a swath of criminal migrants arrested in the Nashville area since
January, including:
• An Iraqi man with previous convictions of rape, larceny, and false imprisonment
• A Guatemalan individual charged with three counts of child rape, sexual exploitation of a minor, and identity theft
• An El Salvadorian man with MS-13 gang ties who was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice and wanted for aggravated murder in his home country
• Two Venezuelan nationals with ties to the gang Tren de Aragua charged with promoting prostitution and evading arrest
• A Venezuelan man charged with homicide for allegedly stabbing his own wife to death
She also noted the previous arrest of the Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was arrested and accused
of being an MS-13 member earlier this year. He was temporarily deported to a Salvadoran prison, but
is now in Nashville facing federal human trafficking charges, Noem said. Abrego Garcia holds decades-long
ties to MS-13, and his indictment painted the picture of a monster who abused women and solicited individuals
for child pornography, she said.
Feds
Arrest Illegal Alien Who Served Only 3.5 Years in Prison for Killing Two Teens in Sanctuary
State California. A twice-deported illegal alien, convicted of killing 19-year-olds
Anna Varfolomeeva and Nicholay Osokin in the sanctuary state of California, has been taken into
federal custody after serving just three and a half years in prison for vehicular
manslaughter. Varfolomeeva and Osokin, who were dating, were killed in November 2021 in
Orange County, California, by Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano who was drunk, high, and driving
100 mph on the 205 freeway at the time. The teens were burned alive in the crash.
The following year, Ortega-Anguiano was convicted on two counts of vehicular manslaughter while
drunk and sentenced to just 10 years in prison for killing Varfolomeeva and Osokin.
Before the conviction, Ortega-Anguiano already had numerous felony convictions and had served time
in California's state prison system.
To
Be a 'Broken System,' Someone Had to Break It. Wherever Democrats have had
power — whether in Congress or the White House, whether in state legislatures or city
councils, county boards or federal judgeships — they have used their power to actively
encourage mass illegal immigration.
• Declaring cities, counties, and states
as "sanctuaries" - illegally announcing to the world that they would not enforce federal law,
making their jurisdictions magnets for illegal aliens.
• Intentionally
misinterpreting the 14th Amendment to disregard the critical clause regarding U.S.
citizenship — "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" — to create
generations of countless anchor babies by illegally conveying U.S. citizenship upon the undeserving
children of illegal aliens.
• Impeding all forms of crime control, by giving
illegal aliens protected status — refusing to prosecute robbers, rapists, drug dealers
and killers as vociferously as citizens.
L.A.
stories. On the one hand, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recently announced plans to
give cash cards to illegal aliens. Moreover, Mayor Bass said of her executive order:
"The directive will help city workers know how to address immigration officials should they
approach a city department." Her order requires city departments to create plans to
train employees on how to comply with Los Angeles's sanctuary city ordinance. Get that?
She's requiring that city government employees get instruction on how to defy federal
immigration officials and mandates and instead comply with her own sanctuary city ordinance.
I guess this is her Fort Sumter moment.
LA
Offers Free Cash to Illegal Aliens Afraid to Leave Their Homes Amid ICE Raids. Los
Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is pledging financial support for illegal immigrants as U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue carrying out raids and enforcing federal
immigration laws. [Advertisement] On Friday, Bass signed an executive order to bolster
protocols and support immigrant neighborhoods, including offering cash assistance, in response to
raids by the Trump administration targeting those living in the United States illegally. Bass
explained that the order would ensure that illegal immigrants would receive a "couple hundred"
dollars on cash cards, adding that the "money will not come from city coffers but from
philanthropic partners." According to the Los Angeles Times, undocumented immigrants will
receive cash cards distributed by immigrant rights groups, such as the Coalition for Humane
Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. This initiative comes because, as Bass explained, many
undocumented immigrants are afraid to leave their homes and aren't going to work, resulting in lost
income. Rather than cooperating with the federal government to address illegal immigration,
Bass is providing incentives for them to remain.
Ignore
the Democrats' Immigration Sanctimony: Follow the Votes and Money. At first
glance, Democrat support for illegal immigration, which takes the form of policies like open
borders and sanctuary states and cities, seems to defy political logic. As poll evidence
shows strong public opposition to illegal immigration, one would expect the Democrats to moderate
or jettison their position on the issue. Instead, Democrats are doubling down on illegal
immigration and are doing so not despite political logic, but because of it. That Democrats
cloak their prioritization of party over country in sanctimonious hypocrisy only salts the wound of
a public clamoring for sane and safe immigration policies. What then drives the Democrats'
venal support of open borders and sanctuary states and cities? It is not principle but power:
behind the vainglorious virtue-signaling are the sordid motives of votes and money, both of which are
based on population figures found in the census. The vote motive has been well discussed, if not
resolved. The Supreme Court has ruled "one person, one vote" as the standard by which
congressional seats must be redistricted; thus, each seat must be equal to every other (except in
instances of states having only one U.S. Representative). As a result, the Democrats'
sanctuary states and cities are deliberately designed to serve as magnets for illegal immigrants.
Trump
DOJ Sues Los Angeles, Citing Supremacy Clause in Challenge to Sanctuary City Policies.
It was mere weeks ago that demonstrators against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
officials were organizing in Los Angeles, waving Mexican flags, throwing rocks at ICE vehicles,
setting fire to Waymo vehicles, and igniting other blazes around federal facilities. The
organizers of this fiasco may have thought they were creating BLM 2025, but with a Mexican twist.
[...] The demonstrations were not allowed to escalate as likely intended. The anti-ICE riots
are poised to cost the city $32 million in recovery and repair efforts. Department of
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy indicates he will not be authorizing one dime to help the city
with these expenses. Now the Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a
federal lawsuit against the city, arguing that its recently enacted sanctuary city policies violate
the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution by intentionally discriminating against the federal
government and impeding federal immigration enforcement.
New
York's Historic Roosevelt Hotel Is a 'Migrant' Shelter No Longer. On Monday, the
Department of Homeland Security announced that New York City's famous Roosevelt Hotel is no longer
being used as free housing for illegal aliens. [Advertisement] [Tweet] What the
Department of Homeland Security doesn't mention is how long it will take to make this historic
hotel once more fit to receive paying guests again, if it ever does.
LA
Times Reporter Under Fire for Video Coaching Moms on How to Protect Illegal Immigrant Nannies From
ICE. Reporter Jenny Gold produced an 80-second clip featuring information and tips
she gleaned from Kayla Shore, lead research manager at Hand in Hand, an organization that advises
employers of domestic workers. Among the tips offered to LA area moms on how to keep their
cheap illegal employees safe from ICE raids is ... simply not having them work. Paying them
to stay home. That, and personally escorting them to bus stops to aid and abet them from
being deported. The Los Angeles Times posted the tutorial on its Instagram account.
[Video clip] Great work, Ms. Gold. If you weren't aware, and clearly you are
not, a reporter's role is not to act as an advocate or advisor in a way that could be seen as
instructing others to skirt legal accountability. Pretty shady stuff here.
Homan
Won't Let Far-Leftist Running for NYC Mayor Keep ICE Away. Zohran Mamdani, who won
the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, will not be able to keep Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) away from the city if he wins the general election, according to border czar Tom
Homan. Mamdani has promised to "stop ICE agents from deporting our neighbors." "Well,
good luck with that," Homan said. "I mean, matter of fact, the president made it clear we're
going to double down and triple down [on] sanctuary cities. And why is that? It isn't
to attack blue cities. It's because they're [a] sanctuary city. We know for a fact
they're releasing public safety threats and national security threats back to the streets every
day. They won't work with us. So where do we know there's a problem? We know
there's a problem in New York. So, we're going to send more resources to New York.
We're going to send more officers to flood the zone in the neighborhoods. And if we can't
find them in the neighborhood, then we'll go to worksites, we'll flood the zone and
worksites. We'll increase worksite [enforcement] by tenfold. He's not going to stop
us," Homan said. Homan added that if Mamdani plans to close the ICE detention facility in New
York, the federal government will just detain illegal aliens elsewhere.
That
Time a Sanctuary City was Harboring a 'Heinous' Mexican Fugitive. Orlando Diaz Cebada
is not a good guy. [...] On April 23, 2024, Mexican authorities issued an arrest warrant for
Diaz Cebada for aggravated homicide. According to the warrant, he beat a Mexican law
enforcement official to death. Given his alleged gang ties, I'm going to go out on a limb and
guess that probably wasn't a first. He fled to the United States, entered illegally, and was
deported on May 22, 2024. Two days later, he attempted to re-enter our country and was
deported again. At some point after that, he re-entered a third time, but this time, he
wasn't caught by Border Patrol and wasn't inspected, admitted, or paroled. [...] He's been living
here ever since. Where? In a sanctuary city, of course. The Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
arrested Diaz Cebada on June 12 in New Haven, Conn.
City
of Pasadena in Los Angeles Cancels Swim Lessons and Other Programs in the Parks to Stop ICE From
Making Arrests. The City of Pasadena canceled swim lessons and other activities in
local parks to stop ICE from making arrests. Pasadena is located northeast of downtown Los
Angeles. According to KABC, two men were 'snatched off the street' on Saturday while buying
tamales in Villa Parke, so the city decided to shut down activities to stop ICE from making more
arrests. Federal agents were also spotted near an apartment complex in Pasadena making
arrests on Saturday.
State
Department Employee Fired for Allegedly Helping Illegal Aliens Dodge Deportation. A
Department of State employee was fired after video footage surfaced that appeared to show him
admitting he had given illegal migrants advice and helped them dodge deportation.
[Advertisement] The O'Keefe Media Group was informed in a statement by the Department of State
that Arslan Akhtar, who had worked as a visa specialist for the agency, was "no longer employed by"
the State Department. [Advertisement] "The contractor is no longer employed by the U.S.
State Department," an official said. "Upholding the rule of law and protecting the integrity
of our immigration system is essential, which is why the Department will launch a new contractor
screening and vetting process." The statement from the Department of State came after the
O'Keefe Media Group released a video in which Akhtar appears to admit that he has advised illegal
migrants, primarily Hispanic, not to speak with the police or "admit the truth." Akhtar is
also heard stating that he is "not a huge fan" of people from Yemen. [Tweet]
Sanctuary
States: Secession Lite. In and among many other social, political and economic
causes, the Civil War started when eleven states decided to defy Federal law in relation to the
issue of slavery, claiming the Federal government was overstepping its powers in trying to
regulate, much less abolish, the practice at the state level. [...] But it's hard to ignore the
fact that eleven American states have declared themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal
immigration: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and the Washingtons (state and DC) have proclaimed themselves
above and beyond federal law on an issue that is unambiguously a federal power and
responsibility. And as David Catron points out at American Spectator, it's
almost as if the powers that be in those states have declared themselves... some sort of
group. An alliance? A confabulation? Or... a confederacy?
Why
Do California Democrats Want to Make it Easier for Criminals to Identify Law Enforcement
Officers? After a recent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest in
Boston, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons was asked why his agents wore masks. Protesters have
likened masked law enforcement members to "secret police" for trying to hide their identities.
[Advertisement] "A lot of agencies were invited to come out two weeks ago in Los Angeles, where
we ran our operation where ICE officers were doxed," Lyons said. "So let's just say that
again. People are out there taking photos of the names, their faces, and posting them online
with death threats to their family and themselves," Lyons added. "So I'm sorry if people are
offended by them wearing masks, but I'm not gonna let my officers and agents go out there and put
their lives on the line and their family on the line because people don't like what immigration
enforcement is," Lyons continued. Two California Democrats not only don't like the
enforcement of immigration law, but they also apparently don't mind people taking pictures of
agents and unmasking their identities online.
Trump
Targets Blue Cities With Deportation Strategy. President Donald Trump explained that
he is planning on having his administration target Democratic cities as a part of its latest
deportation efforts. Trump posted a Truth Social on Sunday that he is directing U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to expand its deportation operations to
"America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York." The president added
that these cities are the "core of the Democrat Power Center." Trump explained his Truth
Social while at the G7 Summit on Monday, telling reporters that he wants to go after "sanctuary
cities" because they have been "overrun by criminals."
The
Sanctuary State Confederacy. Most Americans think of the Civil War as an unambiguous
conflict between the North and the South over slavery, and that is generally accurate. It was
an insurrection against the federal government committed by 11 states whose Democrat governors
and legislators feared that the recently elected Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, would
deprive them of their non-citizen labor force. These state officials vowed to resist any
attempt by the federal government to put down their rebellion and routinely denounced the new
president as an aspiring dictator. Why does this sound familiar? Perhaps because
11 states have lately declared themselves "sanctuary jurisdictions" while openly defying
federal law, ostensibly to "protect" their non-citizen labor force. Not coincidentally, the
Democrat governors of these states routinely denounce our current GOP president, Donald Trump, as a
dictator. Recently, for example, California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused him of
"militarizing cities" and insisted: "These are the acts of a dictator, not a
President." Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has also likened Trump to a dictator. Not
to be outdone, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has called him a "wannabe dictator." This
nonsense has been parroted by nearly all sanctuary state governors.
Chicago's
Mayor Promises to Resist Enforcing the Law. Is this resistance or treachery?
Over the weekend on (of course) MSNBC, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that Chicago, under
his charge, will continue its "sanctuary" policies, and will continue to resist any effort by the
federal government to enforce the law. When did enforcing the law become undesirable to
anyone other than a criminal? [...] First of all, there's no "anxiety, fear, or trepidation" among
anyone in the country legally, except for the nitwits and low-information types who buy into the
blatherings of hack leftist politicians. But it's the "resist" part that's troublesome.
The mayor, speaking on behalf of the city of Chicago, is promising to resist the federal government
in the performance of its constitutional duties. Mayor Johnson has never read the
Constitution, has no idea what the Supremacy Clause is, and has no intention of finding out.
Police
Chief Schools LA Councilwoman After She Asks Him to Interfere With ICE Raids. Police
Chief Jim McDonnell was seemingly taken aback when a Los Angeles City Council member asked him if
he would commit to notifying city officials about knowledge of upcoming raids so they, in turn,
could inform the "immigrant community." [Advertisement] And by "immigrant community," she
means the criminal illegal aliens being targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The brazen request came from Councilwoman Imelda Padilla (D-LA's 6th District) at a meeting earlier this
week to discuss the LAPD's handling of protests against President Trump's immigration enforcement
efforts. "Can we use technology ... to create a situation where your department can identify,
'Hey, there's agents, non-city of LA, in a neighboring town, everyone go on alert,'" she wondered.
"In a way where you can support our business community and our immigrant community, to know that it's
time." McDonnell asked Padilla to clarify the request, which didn't get any less shocking the
second time around. "What can your department do to do more to warn us ... that outside of our
LA borders ... you can warn us so that we can warn our folks." McDonnell's reply was a polite
way of letting the councilwoman know she was literally asking him to commit a crime. [Tweet]
Bill
Would Stop Giving Federal Handouts To Cities That Obstruct Immigration Law Enforcement.
As the leftists running Los Angeles fail to get the leftists destroying Los Angeles under control,
two Republican lawmakers aim to hold sanctuary governments accountable for impeding federal law
enforcement officials from enforcing immigration law. Reps. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, and
Sheri Biggs, R-S.C., on Tuesday introduced the Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act, which
"blocks federal financial assistance for one year to any city or state that refuses to honor ICE
[Immigration and Customs Enforcement] detainers." The legislation also prohibits state and
local governments restricting communications with the Department of Homeland Security. "If
any city refuses to comply with the laws of our nation, blatantly works against the Department of
Homeland Security, and wastes billions of taxpayer dollars shielding illegal aliens at the risk of
American citizens, then they should be cut off from receiving even a penny of federal funding,"
Gill said in a joint press release. A similar Republican-led bill introduced by
Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina died in the last session of Congress.
Elise
Stefanik Ends Gov. Hochul Over Sanctuary States, Leaves Her Stammering. Some
have been speculating that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) might run for Governor of New
York. Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul's term is up in 2026. Frankly, Stefanik may have
ended her on Thursday even without any campaign during a House hearing about sanctuary state
policies and the harm they cause. Hochul was already operating at a deficit, being a Democrat
defending a ridiculous position. But then Stefanik went to town on her, asking her if she
knew any of the names that Stefanik was listing of alleged criminal illegal aliens in her
state. She left Hochul stammering.
3 Million
Americans Fled 'Sanctuary States' Like California In The Past Four Years. Today, the
governors of three "sanctuary states" will try to explain to lawmakers why it is official state
policy to protect those who are in the U.S. illegally — including violent
felons — from deportation. Do these governors know that millions of American
citizens have fled their sanctuary states in the past four years? Do they care? The
hearing — which will feature Illinois' JB Pritzker, Minnesota's Tim Walz, and New York's
Kathy Hochul — should be a lively one, even if the preening California Gov. Gavin
Newsom isn't there to defend the riots his policies have unleashed. "The governors of these
states must explain why they are prioritizing the protection of criminal illegal aliens over the
safety of U.S. citizens, and they must be held accountable," said House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform Chairman James Comer. Indeed, they must. These sanctuary states, and
the cities and counties around the country that have blindly followed suit, make it a policy not to
work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. That includes letting felons who
have deportation orders out on bail rather than handing them over to ICE agents. The cost of
this can be measured in lives lost, women raped, property damaged, and taxpayers fleeced by these
wildly misplaced priorities.
Report:
California Jails Failed to Honor More Than 13,000 ICE Detainers. Records obtained
from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) show that the state of California failed to honor
more than 13,000 detainers. An ICE detainer is a request to local or state law enforcement
agencies to hold an arrested individual for up to 48 hours after their scheduled release so
ICE can take them into custody. The agency often uses it as a tool to apprehend individuals
for deportation. [...] The findings also showed that "more than half of the declined detainers
(52 percent) were refused by jails and prisons in California." California failed to
honor a total of 13,025 detainers. The states of Illinois, Virginia, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut also declined a large number of detainers.
Trump's
Unapologetic Defense of the Rule of Law. California leads the country in its contempt
for immigration law in particular, and for public order more generally. From October 1,
2022, to February 6, 2025, California's jails and prisons refused to allow ICE agents to take
custody of 13,025 illegal-alien criminals — over half of all such refusals
nationwide. By comparison, Illinois was a distant second, with 2,946 refusals, and New York
State, with a "mere" 873 refusals, was sixth. Jails controlled by the Los Angeles Police
Department and by the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department released 1,037 illegal-alien
criminals over that period, including six homicide suspects or convicts, according to the Center
for Immigration Studies. California's cradle-to-grave welfare subsidies for illegal aliens
and its widespread sanctuary policies have made the state a magnet for border-crossing
migrants. That longstanding encouragement of immigration lawlessness has bred a sense of
entitlement. The illegal-alien riots serve as an object lesson in Broken Windows theory:
tolerate lawlessness in one sphere of activity, and you will cultivate it in another.
California's Democratic officials and sanctuary activists take it as a given that ICE has no right
to make immigration arrests at or around workplaces — which is where the Friday
enforcement actions took place. This no-workplace enforcement principle, made up out of thin
air, is just a site-specific variant of a broader rule that the open-borders lobby has willed into
existence: the government may not create anxiety in illegal aliens.
Martha's
Vineyard residents fume over arrests of illegal immigrants in liberal enclave.
Martha's Vineyard residents are unhappy with the Trump administration deporting illegal immigrants
from their liberal enclave, The Washington Post reported this week. The Massachusetts
community has been reeling since Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested
dozens of illegal immigrants in a recent raid, according to the report. "It's bullying," one
Martha's Vineyard resident, Charlie Giordano, told the Post. "I don't know how many are
illegal or legal, I don't [care]. But I do care about how they're treated."
Trump
WH Has Figured Out How To Blow Up Democrats' Sanctuary City Policies. Two elections
now, Donald Trump has beaten the Democrats, powered by illegal immigration, and they still can't
seem to get it right. You have people literally burning cars, throwing rocks at ICE agents,
and the Democrats are siding with the protesters over the administration trying to restore law and
order. And what has the left riled up, and what's causing all this, is that the Trump
administration has figured out a way around sanctuary city laws. Local officials can refuse
to honor an ICE detainer, but they can't refuse to honor a federal felony warrant.
SBA
Moving Regional Office Out of L.A. Over City's Refusal to Work with ICE: 'If a City Won't Protect
It's People, We Won't Stay'. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly
Loeffler revealed that the SBA would be moving its Regional Office out of Los Angeles after Mayor
Karen Bass refused to cooperate with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
[Advertisement] In a post on X, Loeffler responded to a post in which Bass said she was
"deeply angered" after hearing "reports of federal immigration enforcement actions" being taken in
the city. In Bass's statement, she said her office was in "close coordination with immigrant
rights community organizations" and would "not stand for this." "Los Angeles is openly
refusing to cooperate with ICE — siding with illegal aliens over American citizens and
small businesses," Loeffler said in her post responding to Bass's statement. "Therefore,
effective immediately, @SBAgov will begin relocating its Regional Office out of L.A." "If a
city won't protect its people, we won't stay," Loeffler added. [Tweet]
Dangerous
Escalation Against ICE in LA After Mayor Karen Bass Goes Full Resistance. As Legal
Insurrection has documented, the Democrat Party has made a war on President Trump's policies
towards illegal immigrants a top priority headed into the 2026 midterms, with prospective 2028
presidential candidates equating ICE to the Gestapo and woke mayors who turn a blind eye to violent
criminal illegal immigrants in their communities comparing ICE to neo-Nazi groups. Perhaps
most disturbingly, though, was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) essentially suggesting
during a recent press conference that ICE agents and other federal officers involved in illegal
immigration sweeps and who have already faced death threats be doxxed: "Every single ICE
agent who's engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the
American people will be unsuccessful in doing that," Jeffries said. "This is America.
This is not the Soviet Union. We're not behind the Iron Curtain. This is not the
1930s. And every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes,
will, of course, be identified."
Boulder
Was a Sanctuary. Now It's a Crime Scene. The suspect in the Boulder, Colorado,
terror attack wasn't a lone wolf — though you wouldn't know it from the
gaslight-and-deflect routine of the legacy press. He was the inevitable result of a system
built to fail — and preserved in decay by design. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the
Egyptian national now accused of carrying out a targeted attack that injured multiple people, was
in the United States illegally. The FBI confirmed it. The Department of Homeland
Security under President Trump is pursuing consequences. But the real indictment here isn't
of one man — it's of an entire era of lawlessness engineered by the prior administration and
protected by local sanctuary policies that treat immigration enforcement not as a duty but as a sin.
Sanctuary
policies in deep-blue Colorado led to terror attack, says local DA. Permissive laws
in deep blue Colorado created an environment in which last weekend's antisemitic attack could
occur, a local district attorney told Fox News Digital. In an interview with Fox News
Digital, George Brauchler, a Republican district attorney for Colorado's 23rd district, said that
the state government, which is dominated by Democrats, has been intentionally creating a lax,
sanctuary-type environment regarding immigration enforcement. This, he said, emboldens
illegals, such as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspect accused of firebombing pro-Israel activists on
Sunday, to act with impunity.
Who
Really Are the Lawless and the Dictatorial? The left talks endlessly of the "rule of
law." But they have crafted a funny sort of selective and self-interested
jurisprudence. If a local or state entity decides it does not find federal immigration
convenient, it simply defies federal orders to turn over those who have entered and resided in the
country illegally, even or especially in the case of the detained who have committed crimes.
In the ancient days, Americans called that defiance "nullification." Indeed, it was always
associated with "states' rights," and a long history of insurrectionary illegality from the
Confederacy to George Wallace standing in the door of the University of Alabama. But the left
now calls those entities that nullify federal laws "sanctuary cities" — although it
would go ballistic should a red country similarly declare the federal Endangered Species Act or gun
registration laws nullified in their "sanctuary" jurisdictions. Indeed, a Democrat
administration would likely apply a January 6-like preventative detention and indefinite
incarceration to any such nullifying "insurrectionaries."
ICE
Raids Lead To Dozens Of Arrests In Martha's Vineyard And Nantucket. Immigration raids
on the posh island retreats of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard took place on the morning of
May 27th, resulting in dozens of arrests and angry reactions from wealthy Democrats.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a statement on Wednesday morning stating that
roughly 40 people had been detained on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, including one
documented gang member and one child sex offender. The agency offered no statement for the
remaining roughly 38 people (the Trump Administration has made it clear that all migrants
within the US illegally are fair game). The U.S. Coast Guard supported ICE's operations on
Martha's Vineyard and a Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed that Guard Station Menemsha was being
used to transfer detainees off the island. Reports from Martha's Vineyard claim the migrants
arrested were construction workers and domestic workers. [Tweet]
Nashville
Mayor Freddie O'Connell 'Puzzled' by DHS Sanctuary City Designation, 'Not Particularly Concerned'
over Congressional Probe. Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell said during a Friday
[5/30/2025] press conference that he was "puzzled" by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's
decision to designate Nashville a sanctuary city, claiming that the Metro government had worked to
comply with a Tennessee law banning such cities in the Volunteer State. The mayor also told
reporters he is not worried about the congressional probe unveiled by U.S. Representative Andy
Ogles (R-TN-05) on Friday, which seeks information from the mayor and Metro Nashville over his
actions in response to recent federal immigration enforcement in Tennessee, including O'Connell's
executive order mandating Metro employees report interactions with federal immigration officials,
and the new "Belonging Fund" for illegal immigrants which received seed funding from nonprofits
awarded Biden-era stimulus money by Nashville.
Sanctuaries
on notice. Today, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) published, ["]a
comprehensive list of sanctuary jurisdictions including cities, counties, and states that are
deliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws and endangering American
citizens.["] The DHS notice indicates that the official list was published in
accordance with an Executive Order issued by Pres. Trump late last month. Still to
come, ["]Each jurisdiction listed will receive formal notification of its non-compliance
and all potential violations of federal criminal statutes.["]
ICE
arrests illegal aliens on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dem gov. demands answers.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey found the operations by federal immigration officials on
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard "disturbing," despite the arrests of more than three dozen illegal
migrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported about 40 apprehensions in the
May 27 operation on the elite coastal enclaves, including a documented MS-13 gang member and
at least one child sex offender. ICE partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the
U.S. Coast Guard in the operation. [Tweet]
CT
Democrats pass bill that will let illegal aliens sue cops, cities if anyone calls the feds on
them. Once again, Connecticut Democrats have come down on the wrong side of an 80/20
issue. Last week, the House Democratic majority advanced legislation that will force
municipalities to abide by the state's so-called "Trust Act," which permits "any aggrieved person"
to seek an injunction against a municipality or its agents, including police and school employees,
that cooperate with federal immigration officials, the CT Mirror reports. The bill was
revised after pro-illegal alien advocates argued that municipalities, i.e., police departments, can
ignore the state law already in place that defines when police and others can alert federal agents
to the location of an illegal alien or detain them for deportation. While the bill, which (of
course) passed on party lines 96-51 in the Democratically-controlled Connecticut State House,
wouldn't provide immediate recourse to illegal aliens detained after a municipal official (police
officer) violated the Act, however an injunction would apply to future cases.
Nashville's
progressive Mayor Freddie O'Connell being probed for allegedly 'aiding' illegal immigrants,
obstructing ICE. Progressive Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell is being investigated
by the feds for allegedly "aiding and abetting" illegal immigrants and obstructing ICE
agents. The Department of Homeland Security and congressional judiciary committees are
probing whether O'Connell used federal tax dollars "in criminal enterprise" related to illegal
immigration, Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles announced. The progressive mayor had condemned a
huge Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that nabbed immigrants — many
criminals with gang affiliations — and then signed an executive order making city staff
report all communications they have with agents.
ICE
captures more illegal immigrants with criminal histories in sanctuary cities.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have captured several more illegal immigrants with
a history of violent crime sanctuary cities and towns, officials told Just the News. The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said ICE agents in Boston on May 15 detained Manuel
Seberiano Garcia-Munoz, a 32-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico who was previously
deported. Garcia-Munoz illegally entered the U.S. again and was arrested and convicted for
assault with a deadly weapon, which carried a sentence of 4 years in prison, according to DHS.
On the same day, several other illegal immigrants with criminal records were detained, including Jose
Reyes Alvarez, a 28-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador and allegedly a member of the MS-13
gang, DHS said. He was arrested in Evertt, Mass., for driving a motor vehicle without a
license. ICE Los Angeles detained him May 15, officials said.
ICE
Arrests Illegal Alien Gang Members Across Sanctuary State Massachusetts. The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) carried out a sting operation across the sanctuary state of
Massachusetts, arresting several illegal alien gang members and other violent offenders, Breitbart
News has exclusively learned. This week, United States Attorney Leah Foley issued a warning
to sanctuary politicians in Massachusetts that those seeking to interfere with Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations would be prosecuted. "The interference with ICE
operations around Massachusetts has been disturbing, to say the least," Foley said in a statement:
["]This conduct poses significant public and officer safety risks. It is conduct that
should be vilified rather than glorified. I will not stand idly by if any public official, public
safety officer, organization or private citizen acts in a manner that criminally obstructs or impedes
ICE operations.["]
Nashville
Community Review Board Encouraging Residents to File Complaints Against MNPD Officers Seen
Cooperating with Immigration Enforcement. The Nashville Community Review Board is
urging residents to submit a formal complaint against any Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD)
officers seen cooperating with immigration enforcement efforts. "If you believe you
experienced or witnessed an immigration related event involving MNPD officers, then you can file a
complaint through the NCRB. You can file by phone, email, or our website. You may file
anonymously. Translation services available," the Community Review Board said in a social
media post. [...] The request for residents to file complaints against MNPD officers cooperating
with immigration enforcement efforts comes after an operation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) in conjunction with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) in Nashville last
week resulted in the arrests of 196 criminal illegal aliens, as previously reported by The
Tennessee Star.
Nashville
Mayor Signs Executive Order to Create Early Warning System for Immigration Enforcement
Operations. Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell on Friday [5/9/2025] reportedly signed
an executive order to establish protocols for various Metro Nashville departments to provide the
mayor's office with any information deemed "immigration communications," which might reflect
forthcoming federal immigration enforcement in the city. O'Connell appears to have actually
amended his Executive Order 30, which is titled Communications Between Federal Immigration
Authorities and the Metropolitan Government. The order mandates any communication to
Nashville police, fire, emergency management, or emergency communications personnel by federal
immigration law enforcement, or their federal agencies, be reported to the Mayor's Office of New
Americans. The order also specifies that any communications between federal officials and "a
Metro non-emergency services department or office," be reported to the mayor's office.
The Editor says...
It sounds as if the Mayor's Office of New Americans is abetting the evasion of law enforcement.
Mutually
Assured Law Enforcement Destruction. Earlier this week, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agents raided at least nine restaurants in the nation's capital, requesting proof that
the establishments are not flouting the law by employing illegal aliens. Washington, D.C.,
presents itself as a so-called sanctuary city for illegal aliens, so the mere fact ICE agents
targeted a few businesses there is hardly surprising. [Advertisement] What is perhaps more
newsworthy is the specific names associated with those raided restaurants. One of those
restaurants, Chef Geoff's, is owned by Geoff Tracy, the husband of CBS News anchor and former vice
presidential debate co-moderator Norah O'Donnell. Another of the raided restaurants is owned
by former Biden White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, and a third is owned by the left-wing
activist Spanish restaurateur, Jose Andres. Following the raids, a predictable debate has
unfolded: Did the Trump administration "politicize" law enforcement by siccing ICE agents on
White House critics and foes? [...] After years of politicized law enforcement, many of us are now
sufficiently jaded so as to be well past the point of shock at new examples.
Illegal
Immigrants Are My Constituents, California Democrat Says. Rep. Norma Torres said
at a Wednesday press conference that every taxpayer in her district — including illegal
immigrants — is her constituent. Torres, D-Calif., held the event to promote her
Fairness to Freedom Act, which would require the government to pay for the legal defense of any
immigrant facing deportation who cannot afford counsel. "Everyone living in my district is my
constituent, and I am there to serve and be a public servant for them," Torres said when asked by
The Daily Signal whether she considers immigrants without legal status to be among her constituents.
"Everyone who pays taxes is a constituent of all members of Congress, including immigrants who have
filed for a tax ID and are denied any benefits," she added. [Tweet with video clip]
"Here,
They're Not Illegal Aliens". Boy Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis presides over one of
the most rapidly collapsing cities in America, along with Portland, Seattle and Chicago. But
Frey's own failures haven't dented his enthusiasm for the Democratic Party's agenda, including
unquestioning support for illegal immigration: [...] I think most of us will settle for getting rid
of the 10 million whom Joe Biden invited in, starting with gang members and violent criminals.
["]These are residents, they work here, they've got kids here, and here, they're not illegal
aliens.["] But you see, Jacob, they are illegal aliens. Immigration law is
a federal matter. The City of Minneapolis doesn't get to have its own immigration laws.
And people — like judges and mayors — who frustrate the enforcement of federal
law may well be criminals themselves. I don't know where this liberal arrogance comes
from — the ignorant belief that they have a personal veto over the law, so that any law
they disapprove of can be violated freely. If we are going to vindicate the rule of law, as
President Trump is trying to do, some of those who take criminal actions to frustrate enforcement
of our nation's laws — like Judge Dugan — are going to have to go to prison.
Trump
to sign sweeping orders targeting sanctuary cities, backing police. President Trump
signed executive orders Monday evening, kicking off a crackdown on sanctuary jurisdictions such as
Chicago, Los Angeles, and all of New York — after previously calling for their federal
funding to be cut. One order the 78-year-old inked behind closed doors in the Oval Office
gives Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem 30 days to draw
up a list of cities and states that "obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws."
"Immediately following each publication... the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall notify each sanctuary jurisdiction regarding its defiance of Federal immigration
law enforcement and any potential violations of Federal criminal law," it instructs.
Wisconsin
Gov Orders State Employees to Obstruct ICE. State governments refusing to cooperate
with federal law enforcement in enforcing immigration law because they reject the idea is an
insurrection. And it ought to be treated like one. Whether it's Gov. Newsom in
California or Gov. Evers in Wisconsin, state governors ordering employees to obstruct ICE is a
Fort Sumter moment. The State of Wisconsin guidance to "state employees encountering ICE or
other federal agents at their workplace" tells them to ask for their budgets, tell them to sit in a
"public area" , not allow them to "enter into a non-public area" and to refuse to cooperate without
contacting a lawyer. Gov. Evers's directive warns state employees "do not answer
questions" and "do not give the agent access to any paper files or computer systems" because "state
employees may not grant ICE or another agent access to such data or information." This comes
after the arrest of Judge Hannah Duggan in Milwaukee for obstructing ICE agents while telling an
illegal alien wifebeater to run away and helping him escape. Other Wisconsin judges are
threatening to follow suit. All of this is illegal.
Here
We Go Again, Judge. At some point, the Supreme Court needs to review this general
trend and see if these lower court judges are exercising constitutional authority when they stand
in the way of the executive branch. If not, then the DOJ needs to start filing charges
like Obstruction of Justice. If they are, then get ready because this is going to turn
into your real-life constitutional crisis that the Democrats are always wailing about. If a
district court judge can stop a president from creating domestic policies, then eventually they can
manipulate his hand on foreign ones. Some on here will say that this is already happening
with deportees. [Advertisement] As far as this one goes, however, there are some problems
for the sanctuary cities people. [...] Now, taking away federal money from a city or state because
of non-compliance with the law should be common sense. You don't wanna play ball, you don't
get the ball. You aid and abet illegal immigration and block the federal government from
enforcing the law in your state, you don't get federal cash. Now I am not aware, in the first
place, that cities or states even have a right to federal cash, but if you're an entitled
San Franciscan politician-judge you certainly believe that you do.
Leftist
Protest Follows Arrest of Alien Day Laborers at California Home Depot. As part of
President Trump's Operation Take Back America, a team of Border Patrol agents arrested ten illegal
aliens in Pomona, California, on Tuesday. Nine of the illegal aliens arrested were found
outside a Home Depot store. The arrests that sparked a protest by an immigrants rights group
included one illegal alien convicted of a weapons charge and child abuse with serious bodily
injury. A small group of protesters appeared within hours at the Pomona Home Depot site,
carrying signs that read, "ICE Out of Pomona." The National Day Laborer Organizing Network
(NDLON) posted a video on social media showing a small group of protestors chanting anti-ICE
slogans. Most media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times reported the incident as
an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation, despite the presence of marked Border
Patrol vehicles and uniformed Border Patrol agents.
Pritzker:
Public safety 'under attack' by Trump; Chicago group: Governor is the 'threat'.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says public safety is under attack by the Trump
administration. The governor spoke Thursday at a news conference intended to highlight
violence intervention efforts on Chicago's Far South Side. "Public safety is under attack by
the Trump administration. Over the past few months, the White House has dissolved the Office
of Gun Violence Prevention, they've threatened dramatic cuts to ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives), they've repealed the policy of zero tolerance for rogue gun
dealers. They're making it easier for guns to flow into our communities and harder for us to
fight back," Pritzker said. [...] Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh said Pritzker is the one who
is a threat. "He is a threat to the state of Illinois being the governor. Our mayor is
a threat to the city of Chicago being the mayor, because they don't care about the Chicago
citizens' safety. If they did, we wouldn't be a sanctuary state any more," Leigh said.
Venezuelan
migrant arrested in sanctuary city for 6th time in 13 months days after prosecutors drop
charges. A Venezuelan migrant has been arrested for the sixth time in the past year
for allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint, just days after prosecutors in an Illinois sanctuary
city dropped additional charges against him. Edmonds Peraza Cortez, 25, is facing one felony
count of armed robbery with a firearm, according to the Chicago Police Department. Cortez
allegedly was riding a bike on April 11 when he approached a 41-year-old woman, brandishing a
gun and yelling, "Money! Money!"
Chicago
and Philadelphia Cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens from ICE Raids in
Sanctuary City Crackdown. The sanctuary cities of Chicago and Philadelphia have
canceled their annual Cinco de Mayo parades, citing fears of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) raids targeting criminal illegal aliens. The decision, announced by local organizers,
is being slammed as a blatant attempt to harbor lawbreakers and undermine federal immigration
enforcement under President Donald Trump's renewed crackdown on illegal immigration. In
Chicago, the Cermak Road Chamber of Commerce and Casa Puebla pulled the plug on the Little Village
parade, a long-standing celebration of Mexican-American culture, claiming the community is
"frightened" by ICE's efforts to apprehend illegal aliens. Hector Escobar, president of the
chamber, said in a statement,"Our community is very frightened because of the raids and the threat
that ICE has imposed on the families that work tirelessly to provide a better future for their kids."
The Editor says...
Why couldn't they "work tirelessly" in Mexico?
A
Tale of Two Sanctuary Cities: Chicago Hits Back at Trump, L.A. Stays Quiet. Two
states and the largest cities within them had nearly opposite reactions after President Trump
reiterated his plans to withhold all federal funds from areas in the country that have policies
limiting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Illinois
went on offense, while California opted to tread lightly. Trump, who has repeatedly promised
to conduct the largest mass deportation of illegal immigrants in U.S. history, on Thursday pledged
to put an end to these states' and localities' "sanctuary policies." "No more
Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims. They are disgracing our
Country, and are being mocked all over the World," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
"Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death
Traps to exist!!!" he added.
Trump
targets sanctuary cities: Who will be the first fool? Why should cities and
states shielding illegally present criminals from repatriation to their homelands get so much as a
dime of federal funding from other taxpayers? If they can't obey a sensible law about getting
rid of people who have committed crimes against Americans, what crimes are they themselves up
to? We can see it in the massive scandals engulfing cities and states such as San Francisco,
Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Diego, along with the entire state of California, to name but just a
few. [...] The point is, the U.S. is one country, not a collection of fiefdoms, and it's a
rational, reasonable thing to have federal lawmen get rid of people who don't belong here. I
get the feeling that some blue cities with sanctuary policies, loved by no one sane, are going to
step up to the plate for a dunking, and it's not going to be pretty. [...] One by one, I expect to
see a lot of them fall into line, get their funding, and go on being wokester blue cities without
that disastrous sanctuary status.
TRUMP:
Cuts to Sanctuary City Federal Funding Coming Soon. President Donald Trump made it
clear he is working on a plan to remove federal funding for sanctuary cities on his Truth Social
platform on Thursday. In an early morning post, the president said, "No more Sanctuary
Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims." Trump went on to criticize
sanctuary states and cities, declaring, "They are disgracing our Country and are being mocked all
over the World. Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that
allows these Death Traps to exist!!!"
US
Attorney Alina Habba Investigating Dem Governor for Refusing to Assist ICE. New
Jersey's acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba is launching an investigation into Governor Phil Murphy
and Attorney General Matt Platkin for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement by
instructing state police not to cooperate with ICE. Habba, a former personal lawyer for
Donald Trump known for her fierce defense of the President, announced her decision during an
appearance with Fox News host Sean Hannity. She has targeted Murphy (D) and Platkin (D) over
an order instructing New Jersey State Police to ignore newly filed warrants for illegal immigrants,
something she notes is a threat to public safety. "I am unfortunately going to announce on
your show tonight, Sean, and I want it to be a warning for everybody that I have instructed my
office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney
General Platkin, who has also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal ...
agencies that are under my direction," Habba stated. [Tweet with video clip]
ICE
allowed back onto NYC's Rikers Island prison, with restrictions. New York City is
allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to return to its Rikers Island prison following
recent demands placed on Mayor Eric Adams by the Trump administration. First Deputy Mayor
Randy Mastro signed an executive order late Tuesday that allows federal immigration authorities to
operate an office on Rikers Island to help carry out criminal investigations into drug trafficking,
organized violence and migrant gang activity plaguing the city. The order states that the
safety of New Yorkers has been jeopardized by violent transnational gangs like MS-13 and Tren de
Aragua — gangs designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump
administration — and there is a critical need for federal law enforcement to share
"real-time" intelligence with the city's corrections department and police.
Expert
Witness: Sanctuary Cities Protected Over 25 Thousand Criminal Illegals from Federal Law
in Two Years. Sanctuary cities across the United States have protected tens of
thousands of criminal illegal aliens from federal immigration law, an expert witness told Congress
on Wednesday. In testimony to the House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity,
Security, and Enforcement, National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE) President RJ Hauman
said that from Oct. 1, 2022, to Feb. 6, 2025, sanctuary cities shielded more than 25,000
criminal illegal aliens by refusing to hand them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
agents as requested.
NJ
Gov. Orders Local Police to Stop Working with Immigration Officials. The
Democrat governor of New Jersey has ordered the state's police departments to stop cooperating with
immigration officials. The orders came from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey
Attorney General Matt Platkin, according to New Jersey's Immigrant Trust Directive, Shore News
Network reported. Murphy's directive came on the heels of the Trump administration's addition
of 27,000 "Outstanding Administrative Warrants for Removal from the United States" to the FBI's
National Crime Information center (NCIC) as the administration works to fulfill the president's
immigration orders.
Sanctuary
city mayor, police chief scold cops for assisting Border Patrol officers who asked for backup:
'Against our policy'. Rochester leaders scolded local cops for violating their
sanctuary city policies after they responded to a request for backup from Border Patrol agents
conducting a traffic stop. Border Patrol asked for emergency police assistance on Monday
after pulling over a van with an estimated eight people inside. Rochester cops responded to
the scene with lights and sirens, ordered the suspects out of the vehicle and helped put them in
handcuffs, according to local WABC affiliate WHAM. It was not immediately known why the
van was stopped.
Mayor
Defies ICE, ICE Rounds Up Illegal Alien Criminals Anyway. The radical leftist mayor
of sanctuary city Boston said she wouldn't cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE). But ICE just rounded up hundreds of dangerous criminal migrants anyway. Now if only
the Trump administration defies the lawless, anti-Constitutional, activist judges and keeps
deporting these illegal alien murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and gang members, it will be a
thoroughly satisfying victory, and Mayor Michelle Wu (D-eadhead) will have to eat a little humble
pie. Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin posted on March 24, "NEW: ICE Boston announces
that 205 of the 370+ illegal aliens they arrested in a major operation in Massachusetts have
serious criminal convictions or charges. They were all at large arrests — meaning
they were wandering the streets in MA."
Homan
[will be] Going Back to Boston to Remove Illegals. Border Czar Tom Homan plans to
return to Boston "again and again" until every criminal illegal alien that is a public safety
threat is removed. This comes after a major sweep of the city that apprehended 370 illegals
in the Boston area last month, which was conducted as part of an enforcement operation targeting
illegal aliens with serious criminal records. Homan told Newsmax that he followed through on
the promise he made at CPAC last month. "I kept my promise. I said at CPAC, I was going
to go to Boston and bring hell with me. And that's what we did. We went to Boston and
brought hell to the illegal aliens who raped children, that traffic in drugs, and traffic in
weapons. Four that we arrested up there were murderers," Homan said. "We kept President
Trump's promise. We will continue addressing public safety threats every day across this
country," Homan added. Regarding the city's leftist mayor, Michelle Wu, Homan said that her
policies make Boston less safe, forcing federal officers to go into more dangerous conditions.
New
York Gov. Kathy Hochul: 'We're Not Going to Allow This Mass Deportation'. "We're
not going to allow this mass deportation," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said during an
appearance on The David Pakman Show, making it clear that state police will not cooperate. [...]
"Where we will cooperate — and I did this even under the Biden administration —
if you have a warrant, or you know, someone's on a terrorism watch list or committing crimes in their
home country, or committing crimes here, that's a different category, and I will help you with those
to protect everyone — whether the newly arriving New Yorkers or where they've lived here
their entire lives," Hochul continued, explaining that she does not want this bleeding over "into
going to schools and sensitive places."
Fort
Myers City Council Backs Down Under Pressure, Unanimously Approves Agreement to Cooperate With
ICE. As RedState reported, the Fort Myers, Florida, City Council scheduled a Monday
vote to approve Agreement 287(g). This would have allowed the Fort Myers Police Department to
partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the enforcement of immigration laws and
facilitation in the arrest and repatriation of illegal immigrants. The council got into a
heated debate and ended with a deadlocked vote of 3-3. [...] One councilmember, Darla Bonk cried
that, "my city's not for sale!" Five days later, it appears that Fort Myers is indeed for
sale. On Friday, the City Council held a special meeting to reconsider Agreement 287(g).
This was after a Tuesday letter from the FL Attorney General James Uthmeier was sent to the council
to reconsider their vote. The gist: get your act together or have your state funding cut
off. Not to mention the council would be subject to civil and criminal penalties, potentially
be held in contempt of court, and Gov. Ron DeSantis could remove them from their positions.
Martha's
Vineyard invasion forgotten. Recently, U.S. District judge James Boasberg banged his
gavel and directed the Trump administration to stop deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members
without a hearing. Boasberg wanted those planes turned around in mid-flight and returned to
the United States. This reaction of this federal judge surprised me, because the invasion of
Martha's Vineyard in 2022 was resolved quickly, quietly, and then relegated to the dustbin of
history. Entitled, affluent, residents of Martha's Vineyard narrowly avoided a disaster of
epic proportions in 2022. Apparently, 50 (that's f-i-f-t-y) illegal aliens were FedExed by Governor
Ron DeSantis to the enclave of the rich and famous. These immigrants wanted a better life in
America, learned that Martha's Vineyard was a sanctuary city, and believed their proud signage:
[Omitted for brevity] When the immigrants arrived, the residents responded with shock and
revulsion. Panicked calls were made. The Massachusetts National Guard immediately
activated 125 men to relocate the invaders somewhere, anywhere, out of sight and mind.
One resident actually said, "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here!" Most of the
migrants didn't even know where here was. It didn't matter because within 24 hours,
courtesy of the National Guard, the poor immigrants were hustled off to some Air Force base and
disappeared. Residents on Martha's Vineyard breathed a sigh of relief — crisis averted!
Border
czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will flood NY if Hochul doesn't cooperate on federal immigration
crackdown. Border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday warned that the feds could flood New
York state with agents if Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn't cooperate on immigration crackdowns —
all while praising Mayor Eric Adams for his work with the Trump administration. Homan, standing
alongside Albany Republicans in the state Capitol, took a shot across the bow at Hochul and state
Democrats over them defending sanctuary city policies. "Sanctuary cities are going to get
exactly what they don't want: more agents in the community," he said.
Sanctuary
City Mayors Deny Harboring Criminal Aliens. Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has accused the mayors of four U.S. cities of
obstructing federal immigration enforcement by shielding criminal aliens. The mayors of
Boston, Denver, New York City, and Chicago testified during a March 5 hearing. The
mayors' testimony highlighted the ongoing tension between local governments and federal immigration
agencies over the handling of undocumented immigrants, particularly illegal aliens accused of
committing crimes. [...] Sanctuary city mayors view ICE detainers as "a request," with no legal
obligation to comply. Instead, sanctuary city mayors require judicial warrants, which are
based on probable cause of criminal activity and signed by an Article III federal judge or
magistrate. However, Arthur points out that there is "no mechanism under current law that
would allow ICE officers and agents to obtain a judicial warrant for an alien wanted on civil
immigration violations." Sanctuary city proponents often overlook this fact.
NYC
To Ignore ICE Detainer On Illegal Immigrant Who Allegedly Set Woman On Fire In Subway.
Officials in New York City have indicated they will ignore an Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) detainer placed on the illegal immigrant who allegedly burned a woman alive on the subway,
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Wednesday. Noem visited the Coney Island
subway station where Sebastian Zapeta, 33, allegedly set Debrina Kawam on fire while she was
sleeping in a subway car. In a post on X, Noem said New York officials weren't cooperating
with ICE. "ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the NYC Department of Corrections to take
this depraved alien into custody. Because of current sanctuary city policy, the corrections
department has indicated it will NOT honor the detainer," Noem said.
SBA
Administrator Loeffler Pulling Offices Out of Sanctuary Cities, Putting American Businesses
First. On Thursday, Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced some pretty significant
changes to how the Small Business Administration comports itself, including pulling all SBA
regional offices out of sanctuary cities and taking steps to ensure that all SBA aid is legal and
above board. In an interview on Fox Business, she laid out the plan: [...] The "sanctuary"
policies are becoming harder for city officials to defend, and now here's another poke at the
demise of a thousand cuts the Trump administration and Congress are inflicting on these
cities. Removing the SBA offices won't be a huge loss in jobs and revenues, but there will be
some, and these things add up.
Florida
Republican exposes Dem sanctuary city mayors over huge sums they have spent on migrant
crisis. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) exposed sanctuary city mayors over
outrageous sums of taxpayer money they've spent on the migrant crisis during a blistering line of
questioning in a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday — but half of them couldn't even
provide a full figure. "Around $79 million since 2022," Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told
members of the House Oversight Committee, while New York City Mayor Eric Adams disclosed a stunning
$6.9 billion has been spent on the migrant crisis. Also present at the hearing was
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who explained 1% of his city's overall budget went to illegal
immigration — roughly amounting to $166 million of the $16.6 billion spent
last year — but he wouldn't provide a hard number.
Rep.
Anna Paulina Luna Referring 4 Sanctuary City Mayors to DOJ for Criminal Investigation.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) on Wednesday told four sanctuary city mayors that she will be
referring them to the Department of Justice for "aiding and abetting" illegal immigrants in
violation of federal law. The Democrat mayors — Eric Adams of New York City, Michelle Wu of
Boston, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, and Mike Johnston of Denver — were testifying before the House
Oversight and Accountability Committee earlier on Wednesday. Luna made the surprise
announcement, citing a federal statute often referred to by Border Czar Tom Homan in justifying the
threat of criminal charges for sanctuary city officials. "To me, after this line of
questioning, it's very clear that these policies that you have all implicated are active and alive
and well in your cities, are in direct violation with Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324 and is
a federal offense," the congresswoman said.
Mayors
from Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York defend 'sanctuary' policies, call their cities
safe. Democratic mayors of four major cities said Wednesday that Congress and the
Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called
sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammered the policies for
shielding criminals and discouraging cooperation with federal officials. The comments came in
a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where Republicans accused
the mayors of putting their cities in danger and undermining President Donald Trump's mass
deportation efforts. Republicans have repeatedly highlighted crimes committed by immigrants
who crossed illegally into the U.S., with Rep. James Comer opening the hearings by saying the
policies "only create sanctuary for criminals."
The Editor says...
Whether "sanctuary cities" are safe or not is immaterial. (And they are not.) The Socialist mayors
are still harboring illegal aliens, and encoraging them to immigrate, which is a violation
of federal law.
Chicago
Mayor: Sanctuary Policies Make Cities Safer Because 'Undocumented Immigrants Come Forward To
Report Crimes'. Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson (D.) during a congressional hearing
Wednesday defended his city's sanctuary policies, claiming they make the city safer because
"undocumented immigrants come forward to report crimes." Chicago is "safer because of our
Welcoming City Ordinance," Johnson told the Republican-led House Oversight Committee, referring to
an ordinance that prohibits any city agency or official from arresting or detaining illegal
immigrants for their immigration status. "When there is trust between cities, residents, and the
police, undocumented immigrants come forward to report crimes to local law enforcement and provide
information that helps the police solve those crimes." Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.), the
chairman of the House committee, disagreed. Policies like Johnson's "only create sanctuary
for criminals," Comer said at the hearing.
The Editor says...
Socialist Democrats are constantly claiming that illegal immigrants are hiding in the shadows and are
afraid to participate in our society for fear of deportation. But now the Socialist Democrat
mayor of Chicago claims they're likely to report crimes. Those are mutually-exclusive claims.
Border
Czar Homan Warns 'I'm Coming to Boston, and I'm Bringing Hell With Me'. Border Czar
Tom Homan has warned the city of Boston that he is coming and "bringing hell with me" after the
police commission refused to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Homan issued the
warning during a fiery speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the
weekend. "I read a story last night that the police commissioner of Boston, you said you'd
double down on not helping law enforcement officers of ICE. I'm coming to Boston, and I'm bringing
hell with me," Homan said to thunderous applause. Boston is a "sanctuary city" and, therefore,
doesn't "enforce civil detainers regarding federal immigration law," according to Boston Police
Commissioner Michael Cox. "I looked at the numbers this morning," Homan said. "I stopped
counting at nine child rapists that were in jail in Massachusetts, but rather than honoring
an ICE detainer, released them back into the street."
AG
Pam Bondi Issues Warning to Democrat Governors Refusing to Deport Illegals — 'You Better
Comply'. Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued a stern warning to Democrat governors
who are refusing to deport illegal aliens, saying, "You better comply." Bondi issued the
warning during an appearance on Fox News on Friday. Immediately after being sworn in, Bondi
filed lawsuits against New York, Illinois, and the city of Chicago for non-compliance and
interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deportation plans. Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul have claimed they will fight back.
Colorado's
budget hole is now $1.2 billion, as Medicaid costs continue to climb. Colorado's
looming budget shortfall just keeps getting worse. In a letter to the Joint Budget Committee
this week, state officials said Colorado will need to spend an additional $73 million on
Medicaid this budget year, which ends June 30, as demand for health services continues to
surge beyond the administration's expectations. Costs are expected to continue to rise next
budget year, when the state now expects to spend $86 million more than previous estimates.
The Editor says...
How much of that is due to the illegal aliens you're harboring?
30
Takeaways From Trump's First 30 Days in Office. [#11] The Justice Department,
under Attorney General Pam Bondi, sued the states of Illinois and New York over their sanctuary
protections for illegal immigrants. The lawsuits target several state laws that federal
authorities say obstruct immigration enforcement, including a New York law that prevents the
Department of Motor Vehicles from sharing records with immigration enforcement agencies unless
presented with a court order or warrant. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul have vowed to defend the suits. Separately, New York City Mayor Eric
Adams on Feb. 13, after meeting with Homan, agreed to allow ICE agents back into Rikers Island
jail to help with criminal investigations, with a particular focus on violent criminals and gang
members.
Memo
suggests the City of San Diego's government is loaded with illegals.
[Scroll down] It's bad enough that they've become a special interest group now that
their numbers have grown into the millions, taking free health care to the tune of $9 billion
or more, in a state that is deep in the hole of debt. It's bad enough that they participate
if not vote in elections and get away with it, given the extent to which many are employed as
Democrat ballot harvestors and the voter rolls remain off limits to federal auditors. It's
bad enough that they take free hotels, free flights, free food, free medical care, free education,
and now free business loans, free home loans and a host of other things off limits to most
citizens. Now they've got jobs as city employees, with city benefits and city pensions.
Sure, maybe some are employed as gardeners, but it's quite likely that some are employed as
bureaucrats, making decisions about whom to tax, whom to conduct enforcement actions on, which
streets to pave and which to go third-world, whose phone call to answer and whose to ignore, and
what the taxes and fees of the day will be on the citizens, without holding a scintilla of loyalty
to their country, let alone their laws.
The
Showdown at the DOJ Corral Is Bigger Than the NYC Mayor's Corruption Charges. This is
how it started. In August 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott began sending illegals to New
York City and other smug, heavily-blue localities by the bus- and plane load. This was
brought on by Joe Biden's resolute refusal to make even a modest attempt to control immigration on
our southern border. As they say, everyone was having fun until someone got punched in the
throat. That was Mayor Eric Adams. The toll on NYC began to rise, and Adams crossed the
line by beginning to question the financial and social costs to NYC of going along with
Biden — with Biden's highly politicized Justice Department, this was a bad move.
In November 2023, the FBI let it slip to the media that they had seized Adams's electronic
devices and he was under investigation for receiving foreign campaign contributions. That
investigation was managed by the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
Denver
Public Schools Files Lawsuit Against DHS Over Policy Allowing ICE in Schools. Denver
Public Schools has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and Homeland
Security Secretary Kristi Noem over a policy allowing ICE immigration agents to enter
schools. The federal lawsuit claims that the policy has caused attendance to plummet due to
the amount of illegal aliens in the district. "DPS is hindered in fulfilling its mission of
providing education and life services to the students who are refraining from attending DPS schools
for fear of immigration enforcement actions occurring on DPS school grounds," the lawsuit states,
according to a report from ABC News. "Parents across Denver enroll their children in public
schools believing that while at school, their children will be educated and enriched without fear
the government will enforce immigration laws on those premises," the lawsuit continues. The
lawsuit says there are roughly 4,000 illegal aliens in the school district, primarily Hispanic or Latino.
AG
Pam Bondi Announces Charges Against NY Governor Kathy Hochul, State AG Leticia James For Failing to
Enforce Immigration Laws. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that
the Department of Justice has filed charges against New York Governor Kathy Hochul, state Attorney
General Leticia James, state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) commissioner Mark Schroeder, and
the state of New York for failing to enforce federal immigration laws. "You will be held
accountable if you do not follow federal law," Bondi said. Bondi made the announcement,
flanked by law enforcement and "angel mom" Tammy Nobles, whose 20 year old daughter was murdered
by an illegal MS-13 gang member from El Salvador. "This is a new DOJ. We are taking
steps to protect American citizens and angel moms," Bondi told reporters during her first press
conference as President Donald Trump's attorney general. "New York has chosen to prioritize
illegal aliens over American citizens, Bondi added.
Trump
won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are
suing. More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups
representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for
Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court
lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to
make arrests at houses of worship. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington,
contends that the new policy is spreading fear of raids, thus lowering attendance at worship
services and other valuable church programs. The result, says the suit, infringes on the
groups' religious freedom — namely their ability to minister to migrants, including
those in the United States illegally. "We have immigrants, refugees, people who are documented
and undocumented," said the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
AG
Pam Bondi Takes Immediate Action, Sues Illinois and Chicago over Sanctuary City Policies.
Newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi took swift action on Thursday, suing Illinois and Chicago to
enforce immigration law. Bondi's suit, one of her first actions in her post, contends the state's
and city's sanctuary city policies are unlawful and seeks to have them deemed "invalid." "I will
restore integrity to the Justice Department, and I will fight violent crime throughout this country and
throughout this world and make America safe again," Bondi said Wednesday after being sworn in as
attorney general.
These are the same people who insist that NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
East
Hampton officials reassure wealthy residents that officers won't deport illegal migrant maids,
landscapers and nannies. East Hampton government officials are trying to quell
wealthy residents' fears that local police could deport illegal migrants from the tony
town — many of whom work as maids, landscapers and nannies to support the luxurious
lifestyles of the well-off locals. Village and town leaders held a special community meeting
Tuesday to assure citizens of Long Island's exclusive nabe — where the median property
value is $2 million — that their hired help are not on their radar when it comes to
deportation. East Hampton Village Police Chief Jeffrey Erickson stressed that local law
enforcement officers do not have authority to enforce federal law — and won't hold onto
undocumented immigrants if given an ICE detainer.
Homan:
'We Will Seek Prosecution' of Any Mayor or Governor Who Impedes Deportations. Border
czar Tom Homan said Thursday on Fox News Channel's "The Faulkner Focus" that he would "seek
prosecution" of any mayor or governor that impeded their mass deportation operation. Homan
said, "I think the American people, they gave President Trump a mandate. It's immigration,
the border security, immigration enforcement's number one, and we're going to keep President
Trump's promise. I looked at the numbers this morning, ICE has already arrested just short of
12,000 people in this country, vast majority are criminals, public safety threats.
That's what we're trying to do."
AG
Pam Bondi Orders DOJ to Pause Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities. Newly-sworn in
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has gotten straight to work on her first day by directing the
Department of Justice (DOJ) to "pause all federal funding for sanctuary cities," according to a
Wednesday report. Bondi's day one directives, obtained by Fox News, showed a heavy focus on
countering illegal immigration and drug cartels, as she also ordered the DOJ to evaluate funding to
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that support illegal migrants. The former Florida
attorney general, nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the DOJ immediately after he won the
November election, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday and sworn into office by Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday morning, Breitbart News reported.
Democrat
Gov. Murphy Admits to Harboring 'Illegal Alien' in His Home — Brazenly Dares Feds
to Intervene. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy openly admitted that he and his wife,
First Lady Tammy Murphy, are personally harboring an illegal immigrant in their own
home — practically daring federal authorities to step in. During a recent event
with Blue Wave New Jersey, Murphy nonchalantly revealed that an individual whose "immigration
status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to" is currently residing above his
garage. Murphy's comments came during a broader discussion about the new Trump
administration's policies.
NJ
Gov. Phil Murphy Makes Stunning Admission During Illegal Immigration Policy Discussion.
Amid the ramping up of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) round-ups around the country
courtesy of the priorities of President Donald Trump, elected Democrat officials in places that
have declared themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal immigrants haven't been shy about openly
announcing their defiance. For instance, as RedState's Becky Noble reported, Chicago Mayor
Brandon Johnson, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu are just a few of the
more prominent Democrats who have formed a woketivist alliance of sorts against ICE's removal of
some of the more dangerous criminal elements from their communities. "Our police officers will
not be cooperating with federal law enforcement around federal immigration law," Frey proclaimed
last Wednesday. "We enforce state and local laws here in Minneapolis, and we will do so to the
best of our ability. But as for cooperation with ICE, the answer is no."
The
Trump Administration and Congress Go To War with Sanctuary Cities. On Monday,
Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, launched a
congressional investigation of sanctuary cities. Comer sent letters to the mayors of Boston,
Chicago, Denver and New York City asking them to testify about the impact of sanctuary policies on
public safety. [...] Remember the hearings where college presidents were called to testify how they
were dealing with anti-Semitism on campus? Remember how several of those presidents later had
to resign after making fools of themselves? This is an attempt to recreate those hearings on
the issue of sanctuary cities.
Bronx residents angered over proposed
2,200-bed migrant shelter: 'Dumping ground'. Residents in the Bronx voiced their
concerns and frustration about a 2,200-bed migrant shelter being proposed without community
input. The shelter, which was the subject of Monday night's community meeting, would house
over 2,000 men on Bruckner Boulevard in the Mott Haven section. With no vote or opinions
from residents, the mayor's Office of Asylum seekers Operations plans to open the shelter as soon
as late February. According to officials, the seven-floor facility will have 24/7 on-site
security, as well as an 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew. At the heated community board
meeting, concerns were raised about prioritizing single men over women and families, potential
safety issues and a lack of communication from city officials.
Catholic
Organizations and Open Borders. These religious groups either don't entirely
comprehend the magnitude of the issue or they lack empathy for citizens who suffer when illegal
aliens flood their precincts. When illegal aliens were bussed by GOP governors to wealthy
neighborhoods, they were eventually rejected. Even New York City, which is a sanctuary
jurisdiction, began rejecting migrants after the numbers were overwhelming. All the burden of
illegal aliens is placed on poor or working-class neighborhoods. Consequently, illegal aliens
end up consuming resources funded by taxpaying citizens. This could be an emergency hospital
ward at a hospital or real estate meant for free movement such as pavements or parks, etc.
There is also the question of jobs. Illegal aliens often agree to work for little money and
no benefits. The result is citizens either suffer job loss or a depression in wages.
When illegal aliens inundate any neighborhood and outnumber the citizens, the culture is diluted.
DOJ
sent top official to Chicago to investigate possible sanctuary city interference with ICE
raids. One of the DOJ's top dogs was on the ground in Chicago during deportation
raids this weekend to look for possible interference by officials in the sanctuary city, a DOJ
official tells The [New York] Post. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove traveled to the
Windy City over the weekend after threatening to investigate and potentially prosecute sanctuary
leaders who "obstruct" ICE operations. ICE, alongside other federal agencies including the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), arrested illegal migrant criminals in pre-dawn raids Sunday,
which were also observed by border czar Tom Homan. The operation yielded 100 arrests.
The feds only notified local cops of the general areas of their raids, Chicago Police Department
Superintendent Larry Snelling said Tuesday.
Portland
Police Chief Blatantly Refuses to Help ICE, Enforce Laws. The Portland police chief
is brazenly defying federal authorities and refusing to cooperate with Donald Trump and Tom Homan's
plan for deporting illegal alien criminals. Sounds as if it's time for the feds to
investigate and perhaps arrest the police chief. Portland police chief Bob Day issued a
community letter on Jan. 28, proudly affirming Portland's unconstitutional sanctuary city
policies, announcing his determination to flout federal law enforcement arresting criminal illegal
aliens, and therefore publicizing as much as possible his corruption and illegal activities.
Considering that ICE is currently focused on deporting the most dangerous illegal alien criminals,
including murderers and child rapists, this begs the question why Day is so desperate to protect
such evil people. Day began by announcing he was communicating with "culturally specific
advisory councils that represent many of our immigrant families." Woke alert! Completely
ignoring the American citizens who have been robbed, harassed, raped, killed, or put out of work by illegal
aliens, whom we fund with our taxpayer dollars, he expressed all his sympathy for those illegals.
Connecticut
Governor Ned Lamont Welcomes More Illegal Migrants to Take American Jobs.
Connecticut's Democrat Governor Ned Lamont is proudly telling illegal migrants to feel free to move
to his state as he is also pushing for even more H-1B migrants to take American jobs. "You're
welcome here," Lamont said in a recent press conference. [...] Lamont's Attorney General William
Tong added that Lamont's administration "respects" and "honors" immigrants and will protect them.
"It is the policy of the state of Connecticut to respect, honor and protect immigrants and
immigrant families in full compliance with the law," Tong said. "We're going to do what we can for
immigrants and immigrant families because they're important to us." Republicans, though, have
pushed back on Lamont's plan to open the state for an even greater invasion of illegals.
Open
borders and sanctuaries are driving Illinois' migrant chaos, not Trump's
deportations. Some 530,000 illegal immigrants reside in Illinois, the nation's
fifth-most according to the Center for Immigration Studies. Pritzker says Trump might
initially target as many as 2,000 immigrants in Illinois for deportation. Many Illinoisans
will be surprised by Pritzker's claim given the chaos he's created with his own staunch support of
open borders and Illinois' sanctuary status. It's been nearly three years of daily disorder
in Illinois, largely in Chicago. Streams of incoming buses, full of illegal immigrants.
Overrun police stations. Immigrant camps. Disenfranchised residents. Public
confrontations between the mayor and the governor. Even more crime. It's been
ugly. Then there are the costs of Pritzker and his Democratic supermajorities' support for
sanctuary policies. It will be some time before we can properly account for all the spending,
but it, too, contributes heavily to the chaos. Billions are being siphoned away from
Illinois' actual residents and directed toward migrants.
Donald
Trump Tells Deputies to Defund Sanctuary Cities, Pro-Migrant Groups. Newly inaugurated
President Donald Trump told his deputies on Monday to draft rules to deny taxpayer funds to so-called
"sanctuary" cities and NGOs — Non-Governmental Organizations — that support
illegal migrants. Among his long list of executive orders (EOs) was one entitled "Protecting
the American People Against Invasion," aimed squarely at sanctuary jurisdictions. In section 17
of this EO, for instance, Trump sent a shot over the bow of "sanctuary jurisdictions" to warn them that
they had better not interfere with legal federal law enforcement actions or risk losing federal dollars.
Massachusetts
migrants taking shelter beds from taxpayers, allowed in with no vetting: former director.
A former migrant shelter director in Massachusetts described the chaos he saw under the state's
right-to-shelter laws, saying that the influx of illegal immigrants has clogged the state's
infrastructure and that there is virtually no vetting for the surge of border crossers.
Massachusetts spent nearly $1.1 billion of taxpayers' money this fiscal year to house and feed
migrants streaming into the state, often in hotels that have been converted to shelters.
However, taxpayers have at times found themselves boxed out of shelters as immigrants have crowded
the system and taken priority, said Jon Fetherston, who acted as a migrant shelter director at the
Marlborough Holiday Inn between November 2023 and July of last year. Under its
right-to-shelter law, established in 1983, the state must provide housing for displaced families
and pregnant women. In 2023, the state's shelters reached their capacity of 7,500 enrolled
families — yet migrants continue to use Massachusetts' programs.
Illegal
Immigration Is Killing Small Towns. While the deadly repercussions of the
Biden-Mayorkas open borders madness will haunt us for decades, there are countless heartbreaking
stories that remain unreported due to the moral limitations of our cowering, censorship-prone,
incurious press. Sanctuary cities' open invitations to and "free" handouts for foreign
nationals are attractive nuisances that have drawn criminal illegal aliens from around the world,
but those who follow Democrats' siren song across our borders and into the homeland do not remain
in Democrat-run cities. Often the same Democrat mayors who publicly encourage illegal border
crossings with their pro-amnesty virtue-signaling on TV secretly conspire with the cartels' most
valuable employee, Mayorkas, to bus their human cargo to unsuspecting towns across the
country. The end result is that tens of thousands of communities that never voted to break
federal laws or facilitate human trafficking have nonetheless become dumping grounds for Democrats'
cynical efforts to profit from human misery — not only by cashing checks from campaign
donors with vested interests in illegal immigration but also by flooding reliably Republican
precincts with enough mail-in-ballot-wielding foreigners to help Democrats rig and "win" elections.
Mayors
of Denver and Aurora clash over placement of migrants. In an op-ed published in the
Colorado Springs Gazette, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman accused Denver Mayor Mike Johnston of not being
truthful about how migrants, including Venezuelan gang members, ended up in Aurora. Coffman
said he filed an open records request that shows Johnston used the cover of non-profits to quietly
dump migrants in other cities. Johnston denied the allegations, stating, "The City of Denver
never places anyone anywhere." Johnston said he was blindsided by the op-ed that included a
headline claiming, "Denver's Mayor offloads immigrants on Aurora."
Rise
of Illegal Alien Criminal Gangs Prompts Urgent Call to End Sanctuary Policies. The
rise of transnational criminal organizations like Tren de Aragua, originally from Venezuela,
highlights the chaotic border situation and the urgent need for decisive action. Reports of
human trafficking, drug smuggling, and violence linked to these gangs are becoming all too
common. In Colorado, the Tren de Aragua gang has already been implicated in crimes ranging
from jewelry store heists to shootings. Disturbingly, over 60 gang members were identified by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection between 2023 and this summer. These are only those caught;
many more have likely entered unchecked due to the Biden administration's ineffective border
policies. A task force was set up in Aurora, Colorado, to identify if the gang had criminally
taken over apartment complexes within the city. It's a fact that criminal illegal alien gangs
and organizations prey on migrant communities. As the illegal immigrant community grows,
there has been a spike in crime by the criminal element that exists within it.
Read
the room! These instances of tone-deafness seem to be more frequent and more
blatant. How unaware must a governor of a proclaimed sanctuary state be to tout imagined
strides in subway safety just hours after a sleeping woman was set ablaze and burned to death by an
illegal immigrant? How heedless of their own constituents must a mayor or a governor be to
declare that their cities or states will not cooperate with federal immigration authorities while
their own constituents are being robbed, assaulted, raped, and murdered? How oblivious must a
president be to announce additional billions of dollars in foreign aid while hundreds of thousands
of Americans have been left homeless from storms and wildfires? At the very least he could
have mentioned what actions were being taken to remedy those problems on our own shores.
(A big hat tip to the Amish, by the way.)
The
Stakes in the F Train Tragedy. New York has proudly proclaimed itself a "sanctuary"
for illegal aliens, shielding them from federal immigration enforcement and lavishing resources on
them. Advocates insist that this approach is rooted in compassion, but the real-world results
tell a different story. The floodgates have been thrown open — not just to those
seeking a better life, but to individuals whose intentions are far more sinister. By refusing
to cooperate with federal authorities and actively obstructing the enforcement of immigration laws,
New York has created a two-tiered system of justice: one where American citizens are held
accountable for their actions while illegal immigrants enjoy de facto immunity. The
result? Communities across the state are forced to bear the burden of policies that reward
lawlessness and undermine public safety. This isn't compassion; it's reckless
malfeasance. And its human cost is mounting.
Migrant
suspected of setting woman on fire should be the last straw: End NYC's sanctuary-city
laws. The latest illegal-migrant atrocity should remove any doubt: It's beyond
time to end sanctuary-city policies in New York. The appalling heinousness of that atrocity
is simply unimaginable, even by Gotham standards. Police say Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a
Guatemalan illegal migrant, set a sleeping woman ablaze aboard an F train at the Coney Island
station, then watched in satisfaction as she burned alive. A medieval level of
savagery — and a predictably sick outcome of woefully misguided policies that have made
the city a haven for border jumpers. Including gangbangers, human traffickers, drug dealers,
street thugs and Hannibal-Lecter level psychos like the monster who enflamed this harmless woman
minding her business on a subway car. Why target sanctuary-city rules?
'Shame
On You!': Tom Homan Lights Into Kathy Hochul After Illegal Migrant Allegedly Burned Woman To Death
On Subway. Border czar-designate Tom Homan on Monday criticized Democratic
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York after a woman died Sunday after a migrant allegedly lit her on
fire while on the New York City subway. Sebastin Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan illegal
immigrant previously deported by the Trump administration, was arrested Sunday by the New York
Police Department in connection with the incident, Fox News reported. Homan ripped Hochul,
who touted the subway's safety after the killing, about the incident. "This is another example
of an illegal alien killing American citizen. It's almost a daily occurrence now. You
know, because [a] historic number of criminal aliens [are] walking the streets because of this
administration's policy and sanctuary jurisdictions and lax immigration enforcement," Homan told
"Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade.
How
Big Cities Are Dealing with Sanctuary City Status as Trump's 2nd Term Approaches.
Some of America's big cities are getting ready for the return of the Trump administration, in
particular his promise to crack down on sanctuary cities by cutting off federal funds. But
the responses of these cities varies from outright defiance to capitulation. Out in San
Francisco, city attorney David Chiu is preparing to fight. [...] You would think that the horrific
murder of a woman on a subway train yesterday by an illegal immigrant from Guatemala would impact
the public mood in the city and around the country, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Meanwhile, Boston just reaffirmed its sanctuary city status in case anyone was wondering. [...]
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey made it clear that despite 8 cities considering
themselves sanctuary cities, Massachusetts is not a sanctuary state.
County
official who made San Diego a 'super-sanctuary' suddenly resigns before taking office, claiming
'security' concerns. A couple weeks ago, San Diego County Supervisor and board chair
Nora Vargas got her name in the news for putting out a proposal to turn San Diego into a
"super-sanctuary" city by protecting illegally present criminals from deportation no matter what
they did. She turned up the state's current sanctuary policies to 11. Next thing we
know, she's out. [Lengthy quote from a Politico article omitted for brevity.] It was weird
stuff given that she had just gotten re-elected. It was also weird that she put out that
super-sanctuary measure the wake of the national election, given that the Latino vote in San
Diego's Latino districts, of which Vargas represents one, voted resoundingly in favor of President
Trump, while border counties throughout the country voted for Trump as well as against anyone
opposed to illegal immigration. [...] In addition, the County sheriff [challenged] the Vargas
measure, saying she wouldn't enforce it and Vargas couldn't make her.
Sanctuary
Cities: A Growing Nightmare for American Citizens, Part 2. At a city council
meeting this past week in Chicago, Illinois, a Sanctuary City, Mayor Brandon Johnson forced another
$40 million borrowing debt on the people of Chicago to house, feed and care for 51,000 illegal
aliens in their midst. Even while hundreds of African-American Chicagoans screamed at him to
serve them instead of the illegals, he tossed them out of the meeting. Then, the council
passed the $40 million loan to care for the illegals. At the same time, Illinois
Governor Pritzker houses 400,000 illegals all over the state. They constitute a new criminal
class of shoplifters, anchor babies, Section 8 Housing recipients, educational nightmares,
medical super-nightmares, and total degradation of life in the Land of Lincoln. What's the
cost for all this to Chicago residents? Answer: $527.5 million as of this year to house,
feed, and sustain those enormous numbers of illegal aliens. Worse, there's no plan or solution as
to what to do with them. This kind of insanity continues in democrat strongholds around the
country. It's like democrat leaders put illegals first and Americans last.
Analysis:
Nearly 8 Million Illegals Living in Sanctuary Cities Across U.S.. Almost
8 million illegal aliens reside in sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States, new
analysis reveals. The analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which tracks
sanctuary jurisdictions that protect illegal aliens from federal immigration law, found that
roughly 7.9 million illegal aliens are residing in sanctuary states, counties, and cities.
"Although there is much imprecision in the data, the bottom line is that close to eight million
illegal aliens, equaling 56 percent of the estimated nationwide total, live in sanctuary
jurisdictions," CIS's Jason Richwine writes. Specifically, Richwine finds that some
6.3 million illegal aliens reside in the sanctuary states of California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island,
Utah, Vermont, and Washington. In addition, more than 750,000 illegal aliens reside in
Maryland, New Mexico, and Virginia where sanctuary jurisdictions are plentiful.
In
San Diego, county sheriff vows to defy supervisors' resolution making the city a 'super
sanctuary'. [Scroll down] And it was a strange move, too, given that San
Diego is a border city and being bankrupted by the mass influx of illegals, coming by land and even
by sea in greater numbers than any other part of the country. Some 324,000 illegal border
crossers have flowed into San Diego in fiscal 2024 alone. In the past election, every other
border city reacted strongly against open borders policies through their voting choice, but San
Diego, which until a few days ago was still counting votes in a highly suspect process, somehow did
not. The three leftists on the Board of Supervisors, a majority of four, voted to make it
even easier to come here and commit criminal acts, ending the risk of deportation for
criminals. Ostensibly, it was part of Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to "Trump-proof"
California. But California already has bad laws that protect illegals within the sanctuary
state. This resolution went several steps further to protect criminals who've been caught
commiting murder, child rape and cartel hits from deportation — a decision that made
absolutely no sense, unless of course, one has some kind of stake in the illegal immigration
rackets. The NGO-industrial complex reportedly does, having reportedly advocated for the resolution.
California is preparing to resist the deportation of illegal aliens in any way it can.
San
Diego Used to Be Sane. When I was young, California was weird, but not insane.
You could see the insanity coming, but it seemed a long way away and entirely preventable.
And while San Francisco was weirdo heaven, San Diego seemed to be a middle-class bastion of sanity
and a delightful community. [...] The lesson of San Diego is stark: you cannot let progressives
even get a foot in the door. A small shift in power has led to a massive swing in policies
because progressives' policies are based on a totalitarian ideology. There is no compromise,
no appeal to common sense, no sense of responding to the concerns of ordinary people. It
boils down to exercising power to make as much radical change as possible.
Incoming
Border Czar Tom Homan Discusses Deportation Priority and Risk Created by Sanctuary Cities.
Regarding the number of "criminal illegal aliens" being reported, Homan notes that multiple large
areas consider themselves "sanctuary cities" and do not report the immigration status of their
jail/prison inmate population. Homan also notes that if mayors and officials within sanctuary
cities do not support the capture of criminal aliens, they will end up creating a system where both
criminal and non-criminal aliens are captured and deported. As the agents look for the
criminal aliens, they will not overlook the immigration status of anyone they encounter —
regardless of criminal activity. Tom Homan also notes they will need money for the deportation
operation. This ties in well to the segment with Stephen Miller, where the Deputy Chief of
Staff outlined an early immigration bill with border security money upfront. [Video clip]
Sanctuary
cities resist Trump's deportation plan. It could cost their residents. Denver
Mayor Mike Johnston recently became the latest Democratic leader to engage in a chest-pounding call
to arms in resistance to the incoming Trump administration's plan to deport people who entered the
United States unlawfully. While a post-election poll by YouGov for CBS News shows that a
massive 73% of adults want President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the repatriation of illegal
migrants, the mayor pledged to not only have Denver police "stationed at the county line to keep
(Immigration and Customs Enforcement) out" but also that "you would have 50,000 Denverites there."
Johnston said it would be like a "Tiananmen Square moment" and answered yes when questioned
whether he'd be ready to go to jail. That moment soon passed, however, as lawyers apparently
explained to the mayor that armed resistance to the federal government is often called —
wait for it — insurrection. It appears that Johnston was not keen on becoming the
Jefferson Davis of the left, so he backpedaled, stating, "Would I have taken it back if I
could? Yes, I probably wouldn't have used that image."
The
58,000 Member Mess. New York City calls itself a Sanctuary City. And I was
surprised to learn that it's been that way since the 1980s when Democrat Ed Koch declared it as
such to support people fleeing political oppression and looking for political asylum. The
government tells us this week that there are now over 58,000 criminals who also happen to be
illegal aliens in New York City. I doubt Ed ever thought things would turn into the mess that
it now is. Eric Adams, on the other hand, saw the mess and campaigned on it. Not on
fixing it, but importing more of it. We love the mess! Send us more mess! Mess is
good! Now that there are 58,000 criminal illegal alien contributors to the mess, not to
mention a quarter of a million illegal aliens who are not committing crimes (as far as anyone
knows) but are draining off resources, Eric has suddenly flipped.
Ramaswamy
shreds NYC $220M migrant hotel deal paying Pakistan 'to house illegals in our own country'.
Vivek Ramaswamy eviscerated a reported agreement that New York City would pay up to
$220 million to a Pakistani-owned hotel in Manhattan to house illegal migrants. "A
taxpayer-funded hotel for illegal migrants is owned by the Pakistani government, which means NYC
taxpayers are effectively paying a foreign government to house illegals in our own country.
This is nuts," Ramaswamy wrote on X. Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate,
was tapped by President-elect Trump to co-lead the newly-established Department of Government
Efficiency (DOGE) with Elon Musk. He responded to a post by former investment banker and
author John LeFevre decrying the deal regarding the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
More
Insurrection From the Dems. Steve thinks liberals may be hoisting the white flag on
immigration, but I don't know: some of them seem to be awfully dug in. Take Denver's
Mayor Mike Johnston. Johnston said that he was willing to deploy the Denver Police Department
to stop federal agents from deporting illegal aliens from his city, a clear act of insurrection.
He has backed off that position to some degree, but still intends to encourage civil disobedience to
prevent the enforcement of federal law, and says he is willing to go to prison in order to secure the
ongoing violation of federal law: [Video clip] Border czar Tom Homan says he would
be happy to oblige: [Tweet with video clip] [...] The central charge against most of the
January 6 protesters was that they interfered with an official federal proceeding. What
Johnston is talking about is not exactly the same, but is certainly analogous —
interfering with the enforcement of federal laws.
Denver
Mayor Who Threatened to Stop Deportations Folds Like a Lawn Chair After Tom Homan
Threat. Denver's far-left mayor has walked back his threat to use his city's police
department to stop federal immigration law enforcement. As RedState previously reported,
Mayor Mike Johnston told a local news outlet that there would be a "Tiananmen Square" moment if the
incoming Trump administration moved into the city to deport illegal immigrants. He even went
so far as to say he'd use Denver PD to set up checkpoints at "the county line," something I'm sure
not too many officers were keen on being a part of. [...] Furthermore, the idea that it would be
"women and children" gathered up is emotional manipulation that ignores two things. For one,
men between the ages of 18 and 39 make up a whopping 35 percent of illegal immigrants.
Secondly, the majority of illegal immigrants who enter the United States are male. Couple
that with the fact that the Trump administration will not be able to deport everyone, and it's
obvious they will be focusing on those who have committed crimes within the interior (of which the
vast majority are working-age men) and not randomly gathering up "women and children."
Sanctuary
city Denver [is] spending a whopping $356 million on migrants: study. As Democratic
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston says he would be willing to go to jail over his opposition to the Trump
mass-deportation plan, a new study claims the mayor's Blue city has spent a whopping
$356 million of taxpayers' hard-earned money on migrants. The eye-popping sum, which
amounts to $7,900 per foreign national in the city, was revealed by an updated analysis last week
by the Common Sense Institut (CSI), a non-partisan research organization dedicated to protecting
and promoting the U.S. economy. The group says it used city data to land on the stunning sum,
which equates to 8% of the city's 2025 budget of $4.4 billion. The figures combine the
city's budget as well as regional education and healthcare organizations.
Democrat
Mayors Say They Will Use Police To Obstruct Trump's Deportation Of Illegals. There
are only two issues that Democrats might care more about than the national legalization of
abortion: Blocking the passage of voter ID laws, and, blocking the mass deportation of
illegal immigrants. The reason should be relatively obvious — Keeping the border open and
illegal immigrants flowing into the US is the key to election victory for progressives in the long
run. If leftists are going to exterminate millions of future voters in the womb, then their
only other option to fill ballot boxes is to import people from the third world and give them as
much free stuff as possible so they're sure to vote blue.
Why
Deportation is Necessary. Democrats in the last election insisted that re-electing
them was necessary to "protect our democracy". But it turns out that for many of them, democracy
only deserves protection when the democratic process produces their preferred result. Prop.
314 was proposed to allow police to arrest immigrants who don't cross the border at a legal point
of entry and to deny public benefits to illegal immigrants. It was approved by over 60% of
the voters. Sounds like democracy at work, right? Not to Phoenix councilmember-elect
Anna Hernandez, who vowed the "Phoenix Council must move immediately to protect immigrant refugee
residents in the city from the violence of 314... I am ready for this fight." Phoenix Mayor Kate
Gallego, like many others, was also on board with the resistance, promising that neither the
Phoenix Police Department nor "any city resources whatsoever" would be involved in enforcing this
particular law. So much for respecting the democratic process.
California
Allegedly Threatens Police Officers Over Deportation Compliance. Bill Wells, the
mayor of El Cajon, California, claimed in a Monday post on X that the State of California "is
threatening to take pensions and charge police officers with felonies if they comply with federal
deportation laws. While the Trump administration is working to enforce immigration laws,
California seems intent on blocking these efforts." Wells makes it clear that El Cajon,
a city of approximately 100,000 people located 17 miles east of San Diego, is not a
sanctuary city and that his police officers "are being put in an impossible position." [...] If
these disturbing claims are true, then the battle lines are already drawn for the first major
showdown between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sanctuary state/city leaders.
Defiance of this magnitude from the government of the largest sanctuary state in the country would
have sweeping implications for President-elect Donald Trump's planned mass deportation agenda.
Maryland:
Democrat Mayor Pledges Taxpayer Funds for Migrants to Fight Deportation. The Democrat
mayor of Frederick, Maryland, has pledged taxpayer funds for migrants to fight deportation during
President-elect Donald Trump's administration. Mayor Michael O'Connor pledged to use funds
from his budget for the "Legal Advocacy Fund" should Trump's plan for mass deportations come to his
city. "Ensuring they have the legal support they need to stand strong and remain in this
community they have chosen to call home," O'Connor said. The mayor said the money will be
allocated to "organizations already providing similar legal services, helping them expand the
number of people they're able to support," per Fox Baltimore. In response to criticisms of
his proposal, the mayor's office said the funds "could support any resident in our community."
The Editor says...
[#1] The mayor of any big city is elected to serve the citizens in that city.
[#2] Frederick probably is not the "community they [the illegal aliens] have chosen to call home,"
because they were probably shipped there by some NGO funded by the socialist Democrats. Most
of them probably can't even pronounce "Frederick," had never heard of it until they got there, and
wouldn't have been likely to select it as a destination after walking across the Mexican border.
They were probably all dumped in Frederick as a political move by the open-borders anybody-can-vote
socialist Democrats.
Homan:
'I'm Willing to' Jail Denver Mayor, Sanctuaries Are 'Breaking the Law'. On Monday's
broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Hannity," incoming Border Czar Tom Homan stated that he agrees
with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston because "He's willing to go to jail, I'm willing to put him in
jail." And that sanctuary jurisdictions are violating the law. Host Sean Hannity asked,
"Tom, you heard this Mayor out there in Colorado. I want to get your reaction to it, and I
want you to be clear about who has jurisdiction, the federal government or state and local
governments, and if you're a sanctuary state or city, are you breaking the law?"
Deportation:
Everyone Gets Their Wish. [Scroll down] Governor Maura Healey of
Massachusetts has said that "Every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens,
to protect our residents, and protect our states, and certainly to hold the line on democracy and the
rule of law." The key word is "residents" rather than citizens. Governor J.B. Pritzker
of Illinois also emphasized his duty to residents: "I am going to do everything that I can to
protect our undocumented immigrants. They are residents of our state." The governors of
Michigan and California have also promised resistance. Mayor Mike Johnston of Denver promised
a public uprising to protect illegals: "It's like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose
and the gun, right? You'd have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants.
And you do not want to mess with them." [...] Everyone acknowledges that the deportation of
millions is going to take some time, and that some places will come first and other later.
Trump might make a well-publicized announcement that, as a special favor, he is granting to a limited
extent the wishes of leaders like Healey and Pritzker, and all governors and mayors who have announced
their intention to protect their "residents" will come last in the deportation project.
Border
Czar Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities of Potential Prosecution. Tom Homan, the
incoming Border Czar for the second Trump Administration, has issued a clear warning to all
"sanctuary" cities in the country that plan on harboring illegal aliens, threatening prosecution if
they defy federal authorities during the coming mass deportation operation. As Just The
News reports, Homan made his threats clear in an interview, stating that "impeding a federal
law enforcement officer is a crime," and that if sanctuary cities "knowingly harbor or conceal an
illegal alien from ICE, that's a crime. So don't cross that line." "Federal law trumps
state and local law every time," Homan explained. "If we know someone's in a county jail and we
know they're there. How do we know it? When they run the fingerprints from NCIC, they
bounce against the DHS database, we know, okay, we just got prints off this alien in this jail
because his fingerprints just came back. And that's where he's at right now."
The
Denver mayor is an illegal unrepentant insurrectionist. Resistance 2.0 is upon us,
and it's getting ugly. The latest is from the formerly-mediocre and now-failed city of
Denver, of which I am an embarrassed alum. The mayor promises to forcibly thwart the United
States government's enforcement of the United States immigration laws. He says he'll send
Denver police and 50,000 moms to head the feds off at the pass. This valiantly woke mayor
even promises to personally break laws and go to prison if necessary. [...] Denver now hosts the
highest illegal immigration population per-capita of any city. Denver might not be a great
city, or a great place to live anymore, but, as the host with the most, it's a great haven for
illegal immigrants. Providing services for these illegals has strained the city budget to the
point that the city has cut back on police and other emergency protection as well as basic services
like street repair and snow plowing. In a splendid exercise in irony and hypocrisy, Denver
has tried to foist some of its illegals onto neighboring towns and cities.
The
Immorality of Illegal Immigration. Donald Trump will not be president for almost
another two months. Yet Democrat politicians, both federal and local, vie to be the most
strident in denouncing his plans to begin deporting millions of foreign nationals who, over the
last four years, have entered the U.S. illegally. [...] Big-city left-wing mayors and city councils
boast that they will do all their best to nullify federal immigration laws, even as their cities
face near insolvency housing, feeding, and monitoring the influx. More specifically, they
brag they will continue to order local and state authorities to resist all efforts of federal
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. They scream about possible "massive
deportations" to come under Trump, callously ignoring that their own advocacy has fueled rising
crime waves of unaudited illegal aliens. And they appear absolutely indifferent to the social
costs imposed by illegal immigration upon their own poor and middle-class constituents.
Denver
Mayor Mike Johnston Says He is Willing to Go to Jail to Protect Illegal Aliens from Trump's
Deportation Crackdown. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has declared his willingness to
defy federal law and face jail time to protect illegal immigrants — including those with
criminal records — from President-elect Donald Trump's promised deportation
efforts. Johnston, who is doubling down on his sanctuary city agenda, openly encouraged
protests and even civil disobedience, framing his resistance as a moral crusade. During a
recent interview with Denverite, Johnston unveiled his audacious plan to transform Denver into what
he called a "fortress of resistance" against federal immigration efforts. His strategy
includes mobilizing Denver police officers and thousands of residents to form human barricades to
block federal authorities from carrying out deportations.
The
Left and Human Shields. [Scroll down] George Wallace at least put himself
in the schoolroom door. These guys want to put civilians in harm's way. Denver mayor
Mike Johnston threatens civil resistance. He says that if the feds try to round up illegals
in the Mile High City, civil opposition will swell into a "Tiananmen Square" uprising.
Mike Johnston isn't saying he plans to tell people to stay out of it and stay home. The "social
justice" activist group Truthout is calling on the U.S. military to disobey orders if told to round up
illegals. Their post is invidious in two ways. The straightforward way is to claim that
soldiers need not obey unlawful orders, thus undermining chain of command and military discipline.
The devious way is to be found in the responses of commentators. It's clear that many want
civilians in sanctuary jurisdictions to place themselves between the illegals and any military force
executing the Immigration and Nationality Act. In other words, like Hamas, they want to use
Americans as human shields to obstruct federal law enforcement.
Treason:
text and intent. Didn't much of the Harris/Biden Administration "prevent, hinder, or
delay the execution of any law of the United States," particularly immigration law? Sure, but
did they do it by force? One might argue that force applies to every effort, including
lawsuits, cutting barriers erected by Texas, etc. to keep the law from being enforced, and the
threat of force, imprisonment, etc. was always present for anyone trying to enforce immigration
law, but again, that probably wouldn't work, though there was certainly one of the broadest
conspiracies in history. This one didn't work for the DOJ for J6 either, where the worst
insurrection ever featured no weapons, little damage and not the slightest possibility of
destroying the government, though it did delay Congress for a few hours, which can only be counted
a good thing.
Denver
Mayor Vows City Police, Population Will Forcibly Resist Trump Deportation Measures.
Democrat Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vowed that his city's police and population would resist
President-elect Donald Trump's deportation agenda in an interview Tuesday with the Denverite while
comparing Trump and federal deportations to the Chinese Communist Party. "Absolutely not,"
Johnston said when asked about whether his office would allow the Denver Police Department (DPD) to
cooperate with future Trump administration deportation measures. "We won't do it." Johnston
proposed that local law enforcement could be used to block any attempts by the incoming Trump
administration to enforce U.S. immigration law. He also suggested that the city's population
would come out in force to interfere with federal immigration enforcement officers.
Denver
Mayor Suggests Police May Be Used to Block Deportation of Illegals. What does
"resistance" look like? When Denver isn't busing illegal aliens to New York and Chicago, its
mayor is trying to act like enforcing American immigration law and deporting illegal aliens is
Tiananmen Square all over again. [...] Mayor Mike Johnston appears to be playing with the idea of
deploying the Denver cops to block any kind of deportation force. That sounds a whole lot
like insurrection to me. Of course, Johnson doesn't actually commit to it. He wants
leftists to launch some sort of mass blockade. And meanwhile, Denver keeps busing those
illegal aliens whom Johnson claims to love so much to Chicago. If you love people, would you
really bus them to Chicago in November? But Johnson, like a lot of sanctuary state and
city leaders, keeps flirting with defying the law.
If
the judges and RINOs don't stop him, Trump is coming for sanctuary politicians.
Wherever leftists have political control, they pass laws and regulations claiming that they are
"sanctuary" cities and states where illegal aliens will be protected from a federal government
seeking to enforce immigration laws. In his first term, Trump didn't know how to stop this,
and under Biden, the federal government was an accomplice in illegal immigration. Now,
though, if Tom Homan needs to be and is confirmed as Trump's border czar (it's unclear if he needs
to be) and if federal judges follow the law, this illegal activity will finally stop. The
federal government has absolute control over immigration law under the supremacy clause.
However, across America, various states and municipalities have effectively told the feds that
"you're not the boss of me." As of 2017 (yes, when Trump was president), California passed a
law officially declaring itself to be a sanctuary state, free from the burden of federal
immigration laws. Less than two years later, Colorado passed a variation of the same law.
Los
Angeles Passes 'Sanctuary City' Ordinance In Wake Of Trump's Deportation Plan. The
Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday designating the city as a "sanctuary city"
following President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plan. This measure prevents the use
of local resources for immigration enforcement and prohibits city agencies from sharing information
about undocumented residents with federal immigration authorities, according to The Associated
Press. The council voted unanimously, aligning Los Angeles with numerous cities across the
U.S. that have adopted similar policies. The ordinance will undergo a second council vote for
procedural reasons as Mayor Karen Bass, who has expressed support for the initiative, holds veto
power but is unlikely to use it, AP reported. Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez pointed out
the city's firm stance against cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Getting
the States In Line on Immigration Enforcement. In the wake of the Democratic wipeout
November 5 and the tapping of Tom Homan as President Trump's "border czar," Democratic
governors are busy trying to build a new "blue wall" to shield illegal aliens from promised
immigration law enforcement. [...] These Democrats are channeling their inner George Wallace,
promising to resist federal encroachment on their "state's rights." Consider the paradox:
Democrats finally found the Tenth Amendment. Except news flash to J.B., Phil, Kathy, Gavin,
Gretchen, Maureen, Jared, and Ned: immigration is a federal priority. That was
your argument when Republican governors in Texas and Arizona tried to fill the vacuum caused by
Obama and Biden non-enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Now that
President-Elect Trump is committed to seeing the INA is "well and faithfully executed" —
as the Presidential Oath of Office requires — just step aside.
Report:
Democrats [are] Already Drawing Up Plans [for] 'Refusing to Enforce Immigration Laws' Under
Trump. Democrats in deep blue states are already drawing up plans to thwart
President-elect Donald Trump's attempts to fix illegal immigration in America. The
plan? Simply refusing to enforce the law, according to a New York Times report published on
Saturday. The Times notes that the resistance party is seeking to pivot away from silly
protests involving "pink knit caps and homemade signs" and instead will "tune out" the new
President when he enters the Oval Office. "As they face this tough political landscape,
Democratic officials, activists and ambitious politicians are seeking to build their second wave of
opposition to Mr. Trump from the places that they still control: deep-blue states," they write.
In these liberal enclaves — the last bastions of liberalism left behind in a red-wave election
that wholly rejected their policies — prominent Democrat officials are planning to ignore
various federal laws or codify new ones into their own state laws.
Thousands
of ICE officers to be reassigned from desk jobs as Trump vows to 'flood' sanctuary cities with
agents. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who spent the last four years
stuck behind a desk processing illegal migrants under the Biden-Harris administration are preparing
to get back out into the field — as President-elect Donald Trump and his "border czar"
Tom Homan vowed to "flood" sanctuary cities with agents. The move would mean thousands of
desk-bound ICE officers will soon be out making arrests of the millions of illegal immigrants who
snuck across the besieged southern border and are now roaming American streets. The federal
agency has a total workforce of about 21,000 employees, which includes non-law enforcement personnel
who handle administration work, according to a Department of Homeland Security budget overview.
Judge
Overturns New York Voting Law Dems Were Using To Strong-Arm Towns Into Accepting Illegal
Migrants. The New York State Supreme Court in Orange County overturned the John R.
Lewis Voting Rights Act, a law Democrats were leveraging to take control of local governments and
further a pro-illegal-immigration agenda. The legislation, which was signed into law in 2022,
would in part force municipalities to obtain pre-clearance before making changes to how they
conduct their voting systems. According to Spectrum News 1, "local governments or school
districts with a record of discrimination in New York" were subject to the new pre-clearance
rules. But the legislation was also being used by some to sue towns for how they currently
conduct their elections.
NYC
Mayor Eric Adams to stop giving migrants free pre-paid cards worth $18,500 a year to
migrants. New York City is ending its controversial scheme that gave migrant families
prepaid debit cards worth a total of $18,500 each. City Hall made the announcement Thursday,
as Mayor Eric Adams has finally listened to critics of the Big Apple's migrant policies and Adams
himself has become friendlier with Donald Trump, who plans massive reforms to the immigration
system. William Fowler, a spokesperson for City Hall, says the program will expire at the end
of the year after handing out a total of $3.2 million in cash value for 2,600 families to buy
necessities.
NYC
to end controversial program supplying migrants with prepaid debit cards after dropping
$53M. Mayor Eric Adams is ending his administration's controversial program supplying
migrants in city shelters with prepaid debit cards to pay for groceries. The pilot program
distributed the preloaded Mastercards to asylum seekers at hotels-turned-shelters, with a family of
four receiving about $350 a week to cover the cost of groceries and baby supplies. The city
hired New Jersey-based tech startup Mobility Capital Finance in a $53 million, one-year
"emergency" contract that drew backlash when the city failed to conduct a typical bidding process
before picking the company. But with the one year up shortly, the Adams administration
decided against renewing the contract, ABC7 reported.
People
with Harris Signs in Panic After Receiving Letters and Postcards Thanking Them for 'Volunteering'
to House Migrant Families. Kamala Harris supporters across the country have been left
rattled after receiving letters and postcards suggesting they will be "volunteering" to house
migrant families. While Democrats have championed open borders and humanitarian migrant
policies, it seems when the issue is brought to their own doorsteps —
literally — enthusiasm fades. One Harris supporter in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts,
was shocked after receiving what appeared to be a postcard from Harris's campaign. When she
flipped it over, the message informed her that a family of migrants from Nicaragua would be moving
into her home, even specifying the date and listing food and transportation needs.
Hypocrisy
overload as New York's mayor, Eric Adams, ships migrants to Texas. New York Mayor
Eric Adams, one of Abbott's fiercest critics for sending migrants to his city, is now buying
thousands of bus and plane tickets to send migrants to Texas and other states. Volumes could
be written on the rank hypocrisy of this action. When Abbott began busing migrants in the
summer of 2022, Adams and other sanctuary mayors boasted that their cities could handle the influx
while simultaneously vilifying the Texas governor for his alleged cruelty. [...] A few months
later, Adams vented further on the purported unfairness of Texas sending migrants to New York City.
"New Yorkers are angry. I'm angry, too. We have not asked for this," Adams said.
"There was never any agreement to take on the job of supporting thousands of asylum seekers."
How do we know that Adams isn't misleading the outbound migrants the same way he claims Abbott
did? Did Texas ask for a nonstop flow of illegal aliens? Did New York secure agreements
with Texas and other states before shipping migrants to them?
Ten
Things President Trump Can Do To Return The Government To The People.
January 20, 2025, will not be a checkered flag moment. On the contrary, it will be the
starting line for a four-year race to save the nation. As such, we need to look at what
exactly needs to be done going forward. Here are ten things President Trump needs to
do. There's much more, but I'd suggest this is a place to start. [#1] Seal the border
and deport all 30 million illegal immigrants. As happened last time, Democrats, RINOs,
and activist judges will try and stop him. He cannot let them succeed. Begin by
declaring the nation is under assault and deploying the Army to the border until the wall is
complete, something that Americans will probably support. The first step in deporting the
millions of illegals is stopping all their benefits. Given that they will need food and
shelter when the benefits are curtailed, establish exit processing centers where they can come and
find shelter and food as part of being processed out of the country. Next, stop all federal
funds from going to "sanctuary" states and cities that do not cooperate.
Biden-Harris
Team Still Flying Haitians into the United States. Last April, the Republican-led
House Committee on Homeland Security caught the Harris-Biden administration spending your taxpayer
dollars to fly military-age Hattian men into America. Charter flights would land in the
middle of the night and discharge tens of thousands of illegals. Once caught, it stopped for
a while. Now, Mumbles and Giggles have resumed the program in a way that costs you more, and
all the illegal passengers are approved by the gangs running Haiti. The overnight flights of
the "slip them in at 2:00 AM when no one is watching" program were easy to track. Websites
such as Flight Aware allowed anyone to follow the planes all the way to their landings at more than
50 U.S. airports. Knowing they were busted, Biden-Harris changed their M.O. They stopped the
charters on the Fly by Night Airlines. They now pay traditional U.S. airlines to slip them in
with their regular passengers.
Natural
Disasters and Unnatural Expectations. Hurricanes can be predicted; the devastation
they leave behind often cannot. Hurricane Helene left some people on its path alone, while
causing devastating flooding for others. [...] Sure, there are charities, more than ever, in some
places. But charities exist on donations, and many such donations have dried up in recent
years, as DEI/ESG policies have encouraged corporate donors to shift their corporate donations away
from traditional charities toward other, more politically-directed nonprofits. [...] In fact, the
biggest disaster in the country for the past four years hasn't been caused by Mother Nature at all,
it's been caused by the abandonment of our borders by Basement Joe Biden and Border Czar Kamala
Harris. There's been a shift in the way that charities work in the United States; too many of
them now focus on sheltering and feeding the tens of millions of illegal aliens and "refugees" that
clutter our cities, big and small. Many hotels and motels have no vacancies, because they're
full up with Latin Americans, Africans, Haitians, and Asians, who walked here, drove here, or were
flown in by the Biden-Harris regime, over the past four years.
A
Harris Presidency Will Give Sanctuary to Gang Members, Victimize Law-Abiding People.
From New York to Chicago and the Denver suburbs, migrant gangs are mugging, raping, robbing stores,
running brothels next door to elementary schools, and threatening apartment dwellers with guns to
take over residential buildings, all without fear of being deported. The gangs are turning
neighborhoods into hellholes. Blame insane "sanctuary" laws. The word "sanctuary"
sounds charitable. Don't be fooled. It doesn't mean welcoming the downtrodden. It
actually bars police from sharing arrest information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement so
that the agency can take illegals arrested for violent crimes into custody and deport them.
Sanctuary laws shield criminals from removal. Eleven states and some 600 towns and cities,
mostly controlled by Democrats, have them. Because of these laws, migrant lawbreakers go
through the revolving-door justice system and are back on the streets to strike again.
A
Note to the Temporary Oppressors. Treason seems to be almost a sport at present, each
government official seeking to outdo the others, grow richer, or more powerful by selling out the
constitutional demand for secure borders. Mayors and City Managers bargaining with the
federal government to take in illegal immigrants and use government funds to put them up and feed
them, also violations of law and treason. Failure to defend the border is the most egregious
and treasonous act that can be committed by a government and all who participate or turn a blind
eye are guilty of that treason. It's not a lack of evidence of these crimes that keep the
people silent and it isn't cowardice, either. It's the knowledge that when the people finally
speak, it will be a voice both horrific and great, but it will obliterate any semblance of a
once-united people.
NYC
Hands Out Free Money to Illegal Aliens. New York City once gave illegal immigrants
incentives to come, but now they are getting paid to leave. The city's Department of Homeless
Services announced that it will give illegal aliens up to $4,000 in grants to 150 migrant families
to help alleviate the burden of the migrant shelters and move them to more permanent housing.
Even those arrested and accused of crimes are still eligible for the money. The money will
come from the Asylee Moveout Assistance (AMA) program to pay for the housing. It will also
give illegal aliens $1,000 in gift cards for moving necessities, security deposits, moving
expenses, and first and last month's rent. New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) predicted that
the Biden-Harris migrant crisis will cost the city at least $10 billion over a three-year
period ending in June 2025. Manhattan's illegal alien crisis has nearly tripled since
2022, when more than 201,200 undocumented immigrants came to the city.
More
Fat Checks for NYC Illegal Migrants. You won't need to roam very far on the streets
of any of New York City's five boroughs to get an earful from legal residents about the situation
in the city's shelters for illegal migrants. Even among traditionally liberal Democrats,
people want the shelters to be cleared out and returned to their normal functions as hotels, public
housing units, or public municipal facilities. The overflowing migrant shelters have caused
nothing but problems, running down property values, promoting higher crime rates, and eliminating
homeless housing for legitimate homeless citizens, including American veterans. Perhaps now,
however, the municipal government has heard their cries from the wilderness and will move to begin
emptying out those shelters. How will they do that, you might ask? If you guessed that
they would hand out even more massive checks to the migrants to help them move into "permanent
housing," give yourself a cookie.
Haitian
Migrants In Springfield Ohio Are Killing Pets And Ducks From Parks For Food. [A] Springfield,
Ohio man says Haitian illegals are decapatating ducks from parks & eating them, accuses commission members
of getting paid off for allowing it. "They're in the park grabbing up ducks by their neck and cutting
their head off and walking off with 'em and eating them." [Video clip]
U.S.
Army Allegedly Caught Protecting 'Foreign Invaders' at NYC Hotel? Citizen Confronts Military
Presence and Demands Answers!. A heated confrontation erupted outside the Walcott
Hotel in New York City after a citizen journalist spotted U.S. Army personnel on-site again.
Last week, citizen journalist Jason Goodman, founder of Crowdsource the Truth, captured footage
revealing a U.S. Army presence at The Wolcott Hotel in New York City, which has been
controversially converted into a mega-shelter for migrants. The Wolcott Hotel, a historic
establishment on West 31st Street, closed its doors to regular guests in 2023 due to the ongoing
migrant crisis and concerns related to the COVID-19 Delta variant, as reported by the New York
Post. In footage captured by Goodman, he can be heard confronting the soldiers, questioning,
"Is the army turning this thing into a migrant shelter? Why are you guys here? It's a
hotel. Why is the army at this hotel?" The tension escalated when one soldier bluntly
responded, "We're here at the request of the State of New York."
Armed
Venezuelan Prison Gang In Denver Highlights Map Of US Sanctuary Zones To Avoid Amid Migrant
Crisis. Law-abiding Americans should be made well aware of the cities, counties, and
states that have laws, ordinances, and policies that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield
illegal alien criminals from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This is because the
Biden-Harris administration has imported the third world into the first world, and with that comes
elevated risks of violent crime and chaos. Footage of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de
Aragua members raiding an apartment building with at least one AR-style rifle and pistols in the
northern Denver suburb of Aurora shocked the nation last week about how quickly sanctuary cities
run by far-left Democrats can spiral out of control after rolling out the red carpet to
illegals. [Tweet with video clip]
Denver's
Sanctuary City Designation Brings Venezuelan Prison Gang to Town. When Denver
designated itself as a sanctuary city for migrants, it likely didn't anticipate that its
hospitality would result in a Venezuelan prison gang setting up shop in one of its suburbs.
The Denver City government's choice to tolerate and encourage open borders migration has enabled
the violent Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela to make Aurora, Colorado a base of its operations.
Now the gang has taken over apartment complexes and unleashed a growing wave of violent crime.
NYC
migrant shelter overrun by teen 'fight club,' constant shrieking as residents rip disturbance.
Neighbors can't help but talk about this fight club. The residents of a Queens apartment
building say they've hardly had a moment's peace since January when a 128-room hotel in Long Island
City was transformed into a city-run migrant shelter. Children living in the seven-story
building loiter outside the front entrance in large, unsupervised groups practically every evening,
claim residents next door at 911 44th Drive. From 8 p.m. until well past midnight, the
kids fight and chase each other around, shouting, screaming — and disrupting neighbors'
sleep. "I've seen the kids squaring off like its 'Fight Club,' and I've seen them choking each
other," said another resident. "Sometimes, the guards will come out and break it up. But
I've also seen them do nothing.
Hmmm. They're using soldiers as police officers. That doesn't sound right.
Military
Deployed to Guard a Migrant Hotel in New York at 'Request of the State Officials':
Report. Military personnel were reportedly deployed to guard the Wolcott Hotel in
Manhattan at the request of state officials. On Tuesday, citizen journalist Jason Goodman,
founder of Crowdsource the Truth, captured footage of military stationed outside The Wolcott
Hotel. The Wolcott Hotel, located on West 31st Street in New York City, has recently been
converted into a mega-shelter for migrants. This transformation was confirmed by a report
from the New York Post, which revealed that the hotel, once a bustling hub for tourists, has
indefinitely closed its doors to regular guests back in 2023 due to the ongoing migrant crisis and
concerns about the COVID-19 Delta variant.
Armed
Illegal Venezuelans Have Taken Over An Apartment Complex In Aurora Colorado. An
armed illegal immigrant gang has reportedly taken over an apartment complex in Aurora,
Colorado. New footage obtained by Vicente Arenas shows an armed gang at a complex in
Aurora. Aurora officials have been investigating a Venezuelan gang, the Tren de Aragua gang,
who is accused of engaging in human smuggling, violence, money laundering, and illicit drug
trafficking throughout the U.S., including at the apartment complex on Nome Street in Aurora.
According to local reports, the complex is closing down because of "code violations," however this
appears to be a cover for a much bigger problem. [Video clip]
A
Violent Venezuelan Prison Gang Has Taken Over an American City. A violent Venezuelan
prison gang known as Tren de Aragua has spilled into Aurora, Colorado, despite the fact that the
city wanted "no part" in welcoming so-called "asylum seekers" as a result of President Joe Biden's
open border policies. According to a report from the New York Post, Aurora has a population
of 390,000 residents. Now, it's become the base of operations for the gang, which has seized
apartment complexes and instigated a crime wave. In February, the Aurora City Council
reportedly passed a resolution 7-3 stating that it will not provide resources for illegal
immigrants brought into the town from neighboring cities, notably, Denver. "We will not be
aiding into this migrant crisis," city council member Danielle Jurinsky said in an interview at the
time. However, many gang members have trickled into the city and wreaked havoc.
Massachusetts
GOP demands information on state's $1 billion in 'secret' migrant spending: 'Veil of
secrecy'. Massachusetts Republicans have submitted a formal request with the state's
government for information on the alleged "$1 billion in secret migrant crisis spending" as
the Bay State grapples with the migrant crisis. In a release from the state's Republican
Party, MassGOP, the group demanded that Gov. Maura Healey's administration provides a detailed
cost breakdown of the toll that the migrant crisis has caused for the state's residents. "The
Healey-Driscoll Administration has shrouded nearly $1 billion spent in secrecy, leaving
Massachusetts residents in the dark," MassGOP chair Amy Carnevale said in a statement. "They have
withheld critical information on 600 incidents involving police, fire and EMT. Blocking journalists
at every turn, the administration has obstructed the flow of information to the public."
Black
Woman Loses Her Mind After Learning Illegals In NYC Are Getting 13k Dollars Per Month In Food
Stamps. This Black woman went off on Kamala after finding out migrants get 13k per
month in food stamps and 5k cash. This is worth every minute and it should go super
viral. [Video clip]
The
wealthy sanctuary state that's going broke under its $1.8 billion migrant 'time
bomb'. It's one of the wealthiest states in America, with residents of its fanciest
zip code luxuriating in $3 million red-brick apartments. But the writing is on the wall
for Massachusetts, says an alarming new study. The 50,000 non-legal migrants who've entered
the state since Joe Biden became president are putting a costly strain on schools, healthcare, and
other services. Jessica Vaughan, author of the report for the Center for Immigration Studies,
says the state is destined for bankruptcy. That's because migrants will drain state coffers
of a staggering $1.8 billion over the next two years.
10%
of Massachusetts workforce can't speak much English: Report. Anew report from
two DEI-driven organizations claims that roughly 10% of the workforce in the commonwealth of
Massachusetts has "limited-English proficiency." On Monday, MassINC, a nonprofit that works to
promote "inclusive" economic opportunities in Massachusetts, and the UMass Donahue Institute, which
wants to "advance equity and social justice" as part of the public and economic outreach for the
University of Massachusetts President's Office, published a report calling for better "English for
Speakers of Other Languages," or ESOL, services.
Brooklyn
Neighborhood That Votes 92% Democrat Is [Angry] They Got What They Voted For With Sanctuary City
Violence. Brooklyn residents, who overwhelmingly voted to make NYC a sanctuary city,
demand that migrant shelters be closed amid violence concerns ... these are the people who call you
"ignorant" and accuse you of "voting against your own interests" [Video clip]
You made your bed, now lie in it.
The
Campaign To End NYC's Sanctuary Laws Hits Major Snag. New York City voters will have
no say in whether a slate of laws protecting illegal immigrant criminals should remain on the
books, almost ensuring that the Big Apple's controversial sanctuary city laws will remain in
place. New York City's Charter Revision Commission released a report this week, revealing
what referendums will be placed on the November ballot for city voters. However, despite a
campaign push from a city council's moderate bloc and support from Mayor Eric Adams, the commission
opted not to include a referendum on rolling back laws that severely limit federal immigration
authorities' ability to arrest criminal illegal migrants.
Sanctuary
Cities Overwhelmed, Kick Illegal Immigrants Out of Shelters. Democrat mayors who
initially advertised their cities as welcoming sanctuaries for illegal migrants have scrambled to
scale back key shelter programs as they grapple with mounting costs and community backlash.
New York City, Chicago, and Denver — all self-declared "sanctuary" jurisdictions for
foreign nationals living illegally in the U.S. — have moved forward with policy shifts
for their migrant shelters in recent months, as their local governments grapple with the financial
impact of mass illegal migration. Altogether, their taxpayers have shelled out well over
$1 billion to house and feed hundreds of thousands of migrants in the past several years, a
review of their spending shows.
The Editor says...
Everybody welcomes immigrants, as long as there are very few of them, and they obey our laws,
they have good intentions, and they speak our language.
FEMA
program for migrants grows along with border crisis — from over $360M to
$650M. The city of Atlanta received $4.85 million in funding in 2023, the first
year of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Shelter and Services Program for migrants.
In 2024, the city will get $10.89 million in the second year with another round of funding
later in the year to be announced. FEMA's Shelter and Services Program is another indicator
of the growing impact of the arrival of millions of foreign nationals in the US since President Joe
Biden took office. The program provides grants to communities for the expenses they will
incur for handling migrants.
'What
constitutes a border crisis?' Sanctuary cities have found out. The debate in the U.S.
on migrants took off in April 2022 when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decided to take a stand
against President Joe Biden and what Abbott called an open border policy. Abbott stated that
Biden's repeal of Title 42 — a pandemic-era policy that allowed the government to
quickly expel arriving asylum seekers — had created an "unprecedented surge of illegal
aliens" into the country with as many as 18,000 apprehensions a day. Abbott said that Texas
border towns were being overrun by migrants and were overwhelmed. His solution was to bus
many of the arriving migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S. In August 2022, when
the first bus of migrants leaving Texas arrived in New York, Abbott was clear why he had his state
paid for the trip. New York had a new mayor by then. "New York City is the ideal
destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that
Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city," Abbott stated in a news release.
"I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun
and overwhelmed border towns can find relief." And just over a year later, New York
Gov. Kathleen Hochul was on CNN in September 2023 pleading with immigrants to "go
somewhere else."
Let's
Check in on How Things Are Going in the DNC's Host City. Yesterday we told you about
the illegal immigrant living in Chicago who was arrested nine times in nine months for various
crimes, getting released back onto the street every time until he finally committed a more serious
felony. This is how things go when pro-crime "progressive" policies meet pro-illegal
immigration "sanctuary" policies. It's a caricature of dysfunction and lawlessness.
While some Chicago Democrats have started rebelling against this approach to governance, even
calling to rescind the city's sanctuary status, others are burying their heads in the sand.
One elected official, for instance, has decided to simply stop posting crime alerts, because doing
so creates a bad 'perception.' [...] Chicago's new mayor not only isn't keen on fixing the city's
budget disaster, he's literally bought and paid for by a radical teachers union that is trying to
fleece taxpayers for even more money with insane new contract demands, guaranteeing even more
ruinous city finances.
Dem-Run
Sanctuary City Quietly Sending Illegal Immigrants To Red State. The self-described
sanctuary city of Denver, Colorado is quietly paying for illegal immigrants to travel to Utah,
according to Republican Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox. Without the approval or advance
knowledge of local officials, Denver has been paying for migrants to relocate to other places,
including Utah, where approximately 2,000 have been sent, 2KUTV News reported Thursday. Cox
said Friday the practice is "unacceptable" and a result of the Biden administration's immigration
policies. Denver has been overwhelmed by migrants in recent months and has been forced to
make budget cuts due to the costs of accommodating the new arrivals. "We recently learned that
the Democrat mayor of Denver has been sending illegal immigrants to Utah without proper notification
or approval," Republican Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox wrote Friday on X. "This is
completely unacceptable and follows on the failed catch-and-release policy of the Biden administration."
Behold
the Monster You Created. [Scroll down] Well, my friends. You
miscalculated. [...] You supported open borders and sanctuary cities to entrench a permanent
Democrat voting base. But you have since discovered that perhaps millions upon millions of
illegals weren't necessary to secure swing states in which a few thousand votes would
suffice. The hordes now overrunning the cities and suburbs are less interested in voting than
in joining robbery gangs, dealing drugs, demanding entitlements, and depressing wage rates.
Your kids' schools have been appropriated for shelters, and the illegal aliens elsewhere in public
encampments are demanding free legal representation and "culturally appropriate" food.
Chicago
begins evicting entire migrant families from city shelters. Mayor Brandon Johnson's
administration has begun the process of removing from city shelters dozens of migrant families,
including those with children who attended Chicago Public Schools. Just days after the CPS
school year ended, officials this week began the eviction process to continue to ease pressure on
overstretched resources in shelters run by the city and state. It's the second significant
wave of forced removals at shelters since the city began ordering mostly single men and some single
women to find housing elsewhere. Now, entire families are being told the same. Homeless
advocates and experts said moving the families from shelters could be detrimental to the children's
sense of stability. For many of the migrant children, school has been the only structure in
their lives after traveling for months to the United States, the experts said.
'Sanctuary
City' Doesn't Sound So Hot To Chicago Mayor As Migrant Evictions Set To Start. As the
sanctuary city of Chicago grapples with the influx of thousands of migrants, Mayor Brandon Johnson
has announced a contentious decision — to begin evicting some of these individuals from
the city's shelters. This move, which has drawn sharp criticism from progressive lawmakers,
aims to address the strain on the city's resources and accelerate the resettlement process for
these new arrivals. Effective immediately, the city of Chicago has implemented a new policy
limiting the stay of incoming migrants in its shelters to 60 days. This means that all
migrants entering the shelters from this point forward will have to find alternative housing within
two months or face eviction.
One
of Every Five New York City Hotels is Now a Migrant Shelter. New York City hotel
prices have never been higher. Illegal immigration is part of the reason why. Mayoral
graft is another.
Migrant
gets arrested for the 10th time in 10 months. Carlos Mavarez Viloria, a resident
of the Standard Club migrant shelter in downtown Chicago, has been arrested ten times since
arriving in our fair city last summer, according to police and court records. Viloria was
consistently released from custody after each arrest, but that ended with the tenth case, his first
felony, and he is currently living in the Cook County jail. His first arrest came on
July 12, when he was accused of stealing 10 Major League Baseball hats, watches, a backpack,
and food, worth a total of $193, from Walmart in Evergreen Park. A judge issued a warrant for
his arrest when he failed to appear in court the next month. But he wasn't on the lam for
long. The following day, Chicago police arrested him after security at Macy's, 111 South
State, claimed he attempted to shoplift $158 worth of t-shirts. [...]
Mass
Brawl Breaks Out At Chicago Migrant Center. A huge brawl between at least 80 migrants
outside a downtown Chicago shelter leaves one stabbed and a cop injured, forcing police to declare
a "10-1" emergency. One illegal living at a nearby shelter was stabbed, a Chicago police
officer suffered a broken finger, and at least three people were arrested. The CPD unit at
the Standard Club migrant shelter called for backup. [Video clip]
California
Dems vote to continue protecting illegal alien pedophiles with 'sanctuary' policies.
California Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R) on Tuesday forced a vote regarding his bill, Assembly Bill
2641, which would end "sanctuary state" protections for illegal aliens convicted of sex crimes
against children. California's sanctuary policies prevent state authorities from turning over
illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The restricted cooperation
forces ICE to expend more of its own resources to locate and detain illegal aliens who have
committed additional crimes. Essayli proposed a motion on Tuesday that forced California
lawmakers to vote on whether to hear his proposed bill. Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Jim Wood
(D) cut off Essayli's microphone while he was announcing the motion. "Thank you,
Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and invoke the California constitution to
withdraw Assembly Bill 2641, which will end sanctuary state protections for convicted illegal
immigrant pedophiles," Essayli stated. The speaker instructed Essayli to stop before turning
off the assemblyman's microphone.
Migrant
children in Massachusetts lived among sex predators as Dem governor claimed shelters 'vetted':
report. Massachusetts officials placed migrant children to live among registered
sexual predators, an investigation by the Boston Globe revealed. According to a Boston Globe
report, an investigation by the newspaper suggested that the state failed to vet hotels across the
state before placing migrant families to live among the alleged predators. "For the past
month, the state Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities — the agency that
oversees the program for sheltering homeless families — has rebuffed the Globe's
requests for information about sex offenders in shelters," the Globe reported. "The Globe
requested the information as part of an in-depth review because the agency's contracts require
hotel providers to screen for sex offenders but not to bar them." "After the Globe
independently identified sex offenders and asked for comment, a spokesperson said late Thursday that
the agency is in the process of removing the individuals. None are migrants," the Globe reported.
No
compassion for migrants in Massachusetts. Anyone who opposes illegal migration is
always quick to draw the 'hateful' and 'heartless' label from the sanctimonious left. But
here's what passes for 'compassion' for illegal immigrants stationed now in Massachusetts.
[Excerpt from the story above] This comes even as Massachusetts officials, including the
governor, insisted to the public that the shelters are 'vetted.' [Advertisement] Well,
they weren't. Now the state opens itself to a lawsuit from migrants who have been harmed by
the perverts placed in their midst that they said weren't there. [Advertisement] Most
people would be uncomfortable having a registered sex offender right there on their same street in
a separate house. To have them in the same flimsy shelter building, often as an employee of
the shelter, as the report noted, is hideous. The sex offenders could watch, and watch, and
watch as the migrant children came in and out, and soon enough, begin to target and groom some, if
not move in on raw crimes by force.
Illegals
in Denver issue the city a list of 13 'demands' for services. [List of demands
omitted for brevity.] Not even the snowflakes of Columbia and UCLA and Princeton have that
kind of nerve. But these jackasses, who are in the U.S. illegally and abusing the asylum
system by filing phony asylum claims and clogging up the system, are now feeling high and mighty
and aggrieved enough to start issuing demands of the city. For them, just being some place
they aren't allowed to be is always proof they can demand more. These guys don't even have a
right to be in this country, yet here we are, illegals issuing demands to city officials for what
they want, how they want it, and if officials don't play ball, they'll stay where they are,
stinking up the joint and ruining Denver residents' quality of life.
Illegal
Migrants Send List of 'Demands' to Denver Mayor. The Spanish word for audacity is
"audacia." Perhaps the municipal officials in Denver, Colorado should practice using that
language. After struggling for more than a year to shelter and feed the army of illegal
migrants that have flooded into the city, Denver finally began imposing some limits on how long
people could stay in the municipal intake shelters. This angered some of the migrants who
were forced to leave the shelters and a group of them set up an encampment on public property as
the spring weather began to improve. The encampment is located under an overpass near the
railroad tracks. The Mayor's office repeatedly requested that the migrants evacuate the
encampment and move to other shelters that were set up to house them. But the migrants
refused, and now they have sent an advocate with a list of demands that they say must be met before
they will agree to relocate to a shelter.
New
Hotline Set Up So Denver Citizens Can Host Illegal Migrants In Their Own Homes. If
you are ready to host a "migrant family in your own home in Denver, all you have to do is dial 211
and complete a 20-minute screening process, according to a report on Fox News. What could
possibly go wrong? [Tweet]
The Editor says...
That's a great idea, as long as you don't open up your house to a homicidal gang banger or
a Chinese spy, or
some TB-infested wretch who has never been to a doctor, or
an inadmissible parasite who lives on welfare benefits that came out
of your paycheck.
Why
Louisiana Must Enforce Sanctuary City Bans. Louisiana faces urgent challenges at our
southern border, making the enforcement of sanctuary city bans critical. Under Governor Jeff
Landry's leadership, Louisiana is taking a firm stand, following Indiana's lead. On
March 27th, the Louisiana Senate voted to stop New Orleans and other municipalities from
implementing sanctuary policies, a move driven by Republican legislators to maintain the integrity
of our legal system and ensure the safety of our citizens. Sanctuary policies, while
seemingly compassionate, actually weaken the rule of law, endanger public safety, and drain local
resources. These policies protect illegal immigrants from federal enforcement, encouraging
illegal immigration and fostering hotspots for criminal activities that threaten all residents.
NYC
high school soccer game canceled after group of about 30 migrants refuse to leave the field.
A high school soccer game at a public field in East Harlem was canceled after a group of migrants refused
to leave the pitch so the kids could play. "I directly asked them to leave and some of them kind of
took it into consideration, but then four or five of them said, 'You know what, [...], we don't have to
leave, we can do whatever we want,'" said Erik Johansson, the coach of the Manhattan Kickers 17-year-old
boys travel team.
Denver Mayor Implements
the Worst Idea Ever. Denver's Democrat Mayor Mike Johnston has cut funding to the
city's police department by $8 million in order to take care of illegal aliens — or
"newcomers," as Johnston likes to say. What's going to happen next is all too
predictable. The influx of illegal aliens will bring in more crime, and then the cutting of
funding to the police department will amplify the problem even further, turning the city into a
crime-ridden hellhole that nobody wants to live in.
African
Illegals at NYC City Council Complain About Free Food and Housing. African illegals
at a New York City Council meeting complained about the free (taxpayer-funded) food and housing
provided to them. More than 1,300 illegal aliens from Africa swarmed New York City Hall on
Tuesday after they were falsely promised work visas and green cards. The illegals were lined
up outside of New York City Hall as far as the eye could see. Africans in Islamic garb
swarmed the sidewalk.
Thousands
Of Illegals Flood NYC City Hall To Protest Move Out Of Luxury Hotels. New York City
is now being protested by illegal aliens after they are moved out of their tax-payer funded hotels
into shelters. The people of New York City are trying to cover their own expenses, they can't
afford to pay for the criminals that have been lured into the US by Democrat and Republican
politicians alike. Notice, once again, that these are mostly military-aged men. [Numerous tweets]
Chicago
Democrats Balk at Mayor's Request for $70 Million to Take Care of Illegal Immigrants.
The city of Chicago continues to struggle to deal with the impact of the border crisis while even more
Democratic politicians are contending with how the problem is affecting American citizens.
Unfortunately, despite the challenges faced by Chicago and other major cities, this situation is
likely going to be the new normal for the time being. Chicago's budget committee recently voted
to advance a budget proposal requested by Mayor Brandon Johnson, requesting tens of millions of
dollars to care for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers who continue to flow into the city.
The
Robin Hood Effect. Denver, Colorado is the latest crime-supporting enclave to
announce that it will defund police and fire departments and divert those critical tax dollars
toward services and housing for illegal aliens. A dispassionate observer might conclude that
State agents are involved in a criminal conspiracy meant to keep blue-collar wages low, while
sustaining hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballot recipients who may influence public policy by
voting illegally. Democrat politicians in Denver parrot the same Orwellian language used in
other crime-sponsoring jurisdictions by insisting that illegal aliens be called "newcomers."
When government agents employ euphemisms to hide their own criminal activities, honest citizens
take note. Police and fire departments feel the pain of remaining silent while the political
class engages in indefensible criminality. Because venal government agents put the public's
safety at risk, law-abiding citizens learn that they cannot stake their families' lives on the
defunct rule of law.
Denver
Has 'Great' Idea for How to Pay for Illegal Immigrants - Just Defund the Police.
America's sanctuary cities are doing their best to take in as many of Joe Biden's illegal
immigrants as they can so they won't have to admit that actually being a sanctuary city doesn't
work, all the while angering residents who are already there over trash, immigrants living on the
streets, and crime. But just when you thought that the "defund the police" fad had faded away
for the left, think again. The city of Denver, Colorado thinks they may have a plan to pay
for all of those new residents to their city: They will just defund the police.
Denver
Mayor: 'We Want to Be a Welcoming City' for Migrants, That 'Requires Shared Sacrifice'.
During a portion of an interview with CNBC that was recorded in February and aired on Thursday's
"Cities of Success," Denver Mayor Mike Johnston responded to a question on if the city was too open
to migrants and too generous by stating that "it's a balance. We want to be a welcoming city"
but doing that without federal help "requires shared sacrifice, it requires compromise. So, we are
both making cuts to city budgets to meet this financial need, and we are making cuts to the amount of
services we can provide to the migrants that arrive and to the number of folks that we can serve."
Denver
Set to Defund Police, Firefighters to Pay for Illegal Aliens. The Democrat-run city
of Denver plans to defund its Police Department to pay for illegal immigrants. Colorado's
capital, commonly referred to as a "sanctuary city," announced Wednesday that it will spend
$89.9 million on services for incoming illegal migrants, pulling some funding from roughly
$45 million in public programs and services. The Denver Police Department will be hit
with a reduction of $8.4 million — about 1.9% of its total operating budget, the
city confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Denver became the top destination per
capita for incoming illegal aliens in 2023, having had more than 40,000 arrive that year alone to
put the total population of illegal immigrants at roughly 710,000, according to NBC News.
Last year, Denver spent over $42 million in housing and medical services for the migrants and
plans to spend over $100 million on similar costs this year.
Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott defends sending migrants to New York City. Texas Gov. Greg
Abbott has no regrets about sending illegal immigrants to New York City, and insisted on Sunday it
is President Biden who uses them as 'political pawns.' 'So the person who's actually using
illegal immigrants as political pawns is Joe Biden,' said Abbott. 'Biden has created this
open border policy that has allowed illegal immigrants into our country to appeal to and to appease
the far leftists in the Democrat party,' the Republican added.
Denver
Offering Free Bus Tickets to Illegal Immigrants to Move On. A local Denver television
station recently obtained a video of a Denver city official visiting a shelter for illegal
immigrants, where he is essentially telling them that there are no more resources available to them
in the Mile-High City. Video footage from local NBC affiliate KUSA shows Denver's Newcomer
Communications Liaison and political director for Mayor Mike Johnston, Andres Carrera, telling a
group of recently arrived illegal immigrants that the city is unable to assist them. The
footage shows Carrera encouraging the illegal immigrants, who arrived in Denver on March 26,
to take a free bus ticket that the city will pay for and go to another sanctuary city.
Sanctuary
City Denver Is Now Asking Illegals To Go Somewhere Else. Denver, a once proud
Sanctuary City, has had enough "love and tolerance" and is begging illegals to go to other cities
like New York and Chicago. "The opportunities are over. New York gives you more.
Chicago gives you more. So I suggest you go there where there is longer-term shelter.
There are also more job opportunities there," said city official Andres Carrea. Denver, like
many other 'proud' Sanctuary Cities, has become overwhelmed after getting exactly what they asked
for. [Video clip]
NYC
Begs Supreme Court to Allow Over 800,000 Illegal Immigrants to Vote. The New York
City council is asking the state's Supreme Court to allow illegal immigrants to vote in the city's
municipal elections. In 2021, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a law that would have allowed
800,000 non-citizens with green cards, visas, and work permits to vote as long as they have resided
in the city for at least 30 consecutive days. However, the controversial law was struck down
last month by an appellate court.
The Editor says...
Citizens have no need for "green cards, visas, and work permits," because those things are for
temporary authorization of visitors, tourists, and migrant workers. The New York City
council is providing many illegal immigrants with housing and other freebies, which establishes a
relationship that could easily be construed as buying votes, if the illegal immigrants
were to be allowed to participate in elections.
NYC
launches $53 million illegal immigrant debit card program. New York City Mayor
Eric Adams' administration started providing illegal immigrants with pre-paid debit cards on Monday
as part of a $53 million pilot program that is intended to cover the cost of daily food and
baby supplies for illegal immigrants. According to The New York Post, the distribution of the
pre-paid debit cards comes two months after the city agreed to a $53 million no-bid contract
for the pilot program with Mobility Capital Finance, a New Jersey company.
New
York City Mayor Eric Adams Cancels US-Mexico Border Trip Over 'Safety Concerns'. In a
turn of events that would be hilarious if it weren't so serious, New York City Mayor Eric Adams
canceled a scheduled trip to the southern border. He was slated to visit Brownsville and
McAllen, Texas, along with an undisclosed city in Mexico. The visit was supposedly aimed at
addressing the mounting challenges New York City faces due to the ongoing border crisis. But
Adams canceled the trip — over "security concerns."
The Editor says...
[#1] As I understand it, Brownsville and McAllen are the least-affected cities in Texas. If he
really wanted to see some stuff, he should have gone to El Paso and Juarez. After sundown.
[#2] If it is unsafe to visit the Mexican border, why are you inviting illegal immigrants to your
"sanctuary city?"
Michigan
Offering Locals Measly $500 a Month to House Illegal Aliens. The state of Michigan is
offering locals a measly sum to house illegal aliens as it struggles with the pressure of the
ongoing migrant invasion. According to The Office of Global Michigan's website, the
government will offer homeowners a risible $500 a month if they agree to take in so-called
refugees. "The Newcomer Rental Subsidy program provides Refugees and other Newcomer
population-eligible households with rental assistance up to $500 per month for up to 12 months,
with eligibility based on immigration status and household income," the website states.
The Editor says...
[#1] Illegal immigrants are present in Michigan illegally.
There should be no accommodations made for their comfort.
[#2] Many illegal immigrants are violent criminals.
How do you know that the strangers selected to live in your house (even when you're not home) are not criminals?
Would you turn over your house keys to the guy across the street? No? Then why do that for a criminal from another country?
[#3] Many illegal aliens have never been to a doctor, and some carry diseases that you don't want to catch.
Others of them may be heavy smokers or drug addicts. Are you prepared to evict your "guest" if he doesn't work out?
[#4] In my opinion, this is an affront to the Third Amendment, whether the government offers $500 a month or not.
[#5] Programs like this can start out innocuously, and if you tolerate them, before long your participation is not voluntary.
[#6] How many people can you provide food and utilities for $500 a month — even if there is no damage to your house?
Massachusetts
city sues its only hotel over $10 million-a-year taxpayer-funded deal with state to fill Every
room with migrants. A Massachusetts city has sued its only hotel for shutting to the
public and overloading its rooms with 450 migrants in a $10 million-a-year taxpayer-funded
deal with the state. The Republican-led city of Taunton seeks $115,000 from the 155-room
Clarion Hotel for housing more migrant families than it can safely hold. The hotel last year
reportedly struck a nine-year deal with the Democrat-run state to become an emergency shelter for
migrants, who are pouring across the southern border.
Florida
vows to send Haitian migrants to Martha's Vineyard and deploys more soldiers to barricade the
coastline. Ron DeSantis has threatened to send Haitian migrants to leafy Democrat
enclaves in the north as gang warfare engulfs the embattled Caribbean nation. The Florida
governor said refugees arriving in his state would go the same way as the thousands of migrants he
has already bussed to Democrat strongholds such as Sacramento and Martha's Vineyard. Attacks
spread to upscale neighborhoods in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Monday leaving at least a
dozen people dead on Monday as cop turned gang leader Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier attempts to seize
power with his thousands of heavily-armed followers.
Next week's headline: Where are all these homeless people coming from?
Chicago
to Begin Evicting Illegal Immigrants from Shelters as New 60-Day Limit Takes Effect.
Chicago will evict some 5,600 illegal immigrants from city shelters in waves beginning on Sunday,
as Mayor Brandon Johnson's new rule limiting migrant shelter stays to 60 days takes effect.
Thirty-four illegal immigrants will be evicted on Saturday as the policy finally kicks in, after
having been delayed on multiple occasions since November because of cold weather. While
exemptions will be made for illegal immigrants who have medical conditions, are in the process of
securing housing, are experiencing domestic violence, or are pregnant, others who have overstayed
the 60-day limit will be evicted in the coming weeks and told to report back to the city's "landing
zone," a temporary shelter where migrants stay on parked city buses, where they can reapply for a bed.
Chicago:
Migrant Evictions Will Begin Sunday. As you've probably heard, Chicago has been
dealing with a large number of migrants, many of whom have arrived by bus from Texas.
Starting last year, Mayor Brandon Johnson was trying to discourage the buses by impounding
them. But he couldn't do that to the plane loads of migrants which flew in from Texas.
Things got worse this month when there was a measles outbreak at one of the city's shelters housing
the migrants. The number of cases reached 12 yesterday and most of them are connected to one
of the city's shelters. Despite the outbreak the city continued to press forward with a new
plan that would limit migrants to 60 days in a city shelter. That plan was announced
last November but Mayor Johnson has extended the deadline three times to avoid evicting people
during the frigid Chicago weather. Now the deadline is finally set to take effect this
weekend but yesterday the mayor announced another last minute change of plans.
Consequences
Minus Truth. Next up for us will be "Joe Biden's" attempt to complete the bankruptcy
of our country with $7.3-trillion proposed budget, 20 percent over the previous years
spending, based on a $5-billion tax increase. Good luck making that work. New York City
alone is faced with paying $387 a day for food and shelter for each of an estimated 64,800 illegal
immigrants, which amounts to $9.15-billion a year. The money doesn't exist, of course.
New York can thank "Joe Biden's" executive agencies for sticking them with this unbearable
burden. It will be the end of New York City. There will be no money left for public
services or cultural institutions. That's the reality and that's the truth. A financial
crack-up is probably the only thing short of all-out war that will get the public's attention at
this point. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it happened next week.
List
of 'sanctuary' cities, counties and states in US. With the barrage of violent crimes
recently being committed by illegal immigrants, "sanctuary" jurisdictions, which do not cooperate
with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers as a policy, are under perhaps more
scrutiny than in the past since they routinely release criminals despite having an ICE detainer
lodged against the perpetrators. When ICE believes a removable illegal immigrant has been
arrested on criminal charges, the federal agency will lodge a detainer, which is a request for
notification before the person is released from custody, and to hold the individual until ICE can
take custody of the individual. "When law enforcement agencies fail to honor immigration
detainers and release serious criminal offenders onto the streets, it undermines ICE's ability to
protect public safety and carry out its mission," the ICE website cautions.
7300%
Increase in "Migrants" from Venezuela Under Democrats. There has been a ghastly and
shocking 7300% spike in migrants from Venezuela under the Biden administration's open border
policies. They are here to stay. One just killed an innocent nursing student and left
her body and skull disfigured. He was a criminal, as is his brother, who was given a job at
the University of Georgia, where the murdered woman, Laken Riley, died. We have hundreds of
thousands of Venezuelans released inside the country by our government in the last three
years. Many have come from Venezuelan prisons. In fact, Venezuela's violent crime has
taken a precipitous decrease as a result, if timing means anything. The murderer, Jose
Antonio Ibarra, and his brother, Diego Jose Ibarra, had fake green cards. They were caught
but given parole, the loosey-goosey parole that Biden and Mayorkas have ordered given out
willy-nilly. They claimed the ridiculous, credible fear that gets everyone into this
country. They were drunk drivers, shoplifters, and now one's a murderer. They were
probably criminals in their home country, too. You should know that Ibarra moved to Athens,
Georgia because it's an illegal alien sanctuary.
Republicans
slam Athens mayor for running a 'sanctuary city,' but the city denies being one. The
City of Athens has been thrust into the national debate on immigration after the killing of Augusta
State nursing student, 22-year-old Laken Riley. Police arrested Jose Ibarra, 26, on murder
charges over the weekend. Federal investigators said Ibarra is originally from Venezuela, but
crossed the southern border illegally in 2022. On Monday, the political fallout began.
[Video clip]
Eric
Adams Does 'Stunning Turnaround' on Sanctuary City Laws As Greg Abbott's Plan Comes to
Fruition. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has taken a lot of incoming verbal fire from
The Usual Suspects on the left and in the media ever since he decided to turn the tables on the
Biden administration in 2022 and start bussing illegal immigrants to Democrat-run sanctuary cities
in order to make a statement about the dire nature of the Biden border crisis. New York City
has been a frequent stop on the Abbott Express Bus over the last two years, so much so that NYC
Mayor Eric Adams has taken to repeatedly trashing Abbott as the Big Apple gets a little taste of
what Texas border communities do every single day. But with the crisis hitting a fever pitch
in Adamstown, and with angry and frustrated voters giving the Adams administration a piece of their
mind, Adams has gotten desperate, so much so that he is now doing what Fox News border crisis
reporter Bill Melugin described as a "stunning turnaround" on his previous pro-sanctuary city stance.
Hundreds
of Illegal Immigrants Released on San Diego Streets After Funding Runs Out. The U.S.
Border Patrol began releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants onto the streets of San Diego on
Feb. 23, a day after a nonprofit group that was contracted to provide transportation, food,
and other basic services for the immigrants ran out of funding and shut down operations. More
than 550 were released Friday morning, a Border Patrol source who asked to remain anonymous out of
fear of retaliation told The Epoch Times. The illegal immigrants were transported from a
processing facility in Otay Mesa which was at 190 percent overcapacity and released at the
Iris transit station in San Ysidro, just north of the border, the source said.
Democrat-led
'Sanctuary' States and Cities Funneled Millions in 'Covid' Aid to Support Illegals.
In order to pay for President Joe Biden's border crisis, Democrat-led states and cities have been
funneling millions in federal "Covid relief" aid into supporting illegal aliens who have flooded
their so-called "sanctuaries." "Sanctuary" states and cities across the country have been
inundated with illegal border crossers in recent months. To cope with the influx, Democrat
leaders in those states and cities earmarked tens of millions of dollars in Covid financial
assistance programs to support "undocumented residents." According to financial records of
state and local programs, Democrat governors and mayors earmarked at least $517 million for
the programs.
Democrat
Governors and Mayors Throw Hissy Fits at Each Other Over Shipping Illegal Aliens Back and
Forth. The American Democrat Party is the most hypocritical organization on the face
of the earth. Yeah, I know; you already knew that — but this article will more
than illustrate that truth. When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis first began shipping busloads of illegal aliens to northern "sanctuary cities," state and
local Democrat leader lost their ever-loving hypocritical minds. Welp, as more and more
illegals continued to find their way north, plaguing cities like New York City, Chicago, and even
Denver, a funny thing happened to the sanctuary-city mindset: "We gotta get these illegals outta
here!" Hence, as first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times last Thursday, Democrat governors
and mayors in affected areas have been fighting among themselves over shipping illegal aliens back
and forth. The back-and-forth hissy fits have grown particularly snitty between Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
You're getting what you voted for, Boston! And even this won't change the way you vote.
Boston
Families Furious as City Kicks Black Children Out of Community Center to House Biden's
Migrants. Local families in the predominantly black Roxbury neighborhood of Boston
are furious after the city shut down the local community center to instead use it to house more of
President Joe Biden's illegal border crossers. Roxbury's Melnea A. Cass Recreational
Community Center, which was once a meeting place for Little League ball players, volleyball games,
and other sports and community events, has now been dedicated to rows of cots for illegal border
crossers, CBS, WBZ-TV Boston reported. WBZ interviewed pre-teen Jeremiah Rodriguez who showed
up at the community center on Feb. 17 under the mistaken impression that his community
baseball team was using the facility for batting practice. He was devastated to find out his
community center was now closed to him.
Infighting
Emerges Among Democrat Leaders Bussing Illegals to Each Other's 'Sanctuary Cities'.
Infighting has emerged among Democrat governors and mayors as local leaders attempt to offload
illegal border crossers to other so-called "sanctuary cities." According to a new report from
the Chicago Sun-Times, Democrat leaders are fighting among themselves while bussing illegal
migrants back and forth from their cities as their own "sanctuaries" become overwhelmed. The
news comes as sanctuary cities are now overflowing with illegals as thousands of foreign nations
flood the Southern Border every day amid Democrat President Joe Biden's migrant crisis. The
issue has already been causing rifts among the party as Democrat mayors blame Biden's open border
for the crisis. The outlet reportedly spoke with multiple figures regarding the ongoing
migrant crisis plaguing major cities like Chicago, Denver, and New York City.
Mayor
Adams [intends] to Cut 6,000 Police to Fund Illegal Immigration. In a city engulfed
in crime, Mayor Eric Adams has decided to cut the police force by 6000 officers. The result
is NY police officers will be cut by 1/5, or 13.5%, by postponing the next 5 Academy classes,
bringing officers below 30,000, down from 36,000. These are the numbers we saw in the 80s and
90s. This is being done to house and feed anonymous, unvetted illegal aliens from around the
world. Many of these people coming are criminals, terrorists, and freeloaders coming for the
benefits. I feel sorry for the people who are truly asylum seekers, but it is a very small
number. Democrats have decided to call all of the illegal aliens, refugees, or asylum seekers
to further their political agenda, which is the same agenda we see fulfilled throughout Europe.
They
Got Us, Right Where They Want Us. [Scroll down] The entire illegal
immigrant pipeline, from the airports in Turkey and Dubai that are sending them to South America
and Central America, to the Darien Gap, across the border and into our cities is being funded by
Christian and Catholic NGOs. When you learn about the betrayal Catholic and Christian NGOs
have been committing, for decades, to the rights and privileges granted by America, you will go
mad. The recent failed federal "border control" [sic] bill included almost $2 billion to
religious organizations to "help migrants," which often means helping migrants break the law.
Investigative reporter James O'Keefe recently exposed Catholic Community Services of Tucson,
Arizona as facilitating the illegal entry of gang members into the country."
'Sanctuary'
church puts up $15K bail to free migrant accused in Times Square police beatdown. The
sole migrant who had been held behind bars for the gang attack on two NYPD cops in Times Square is
now also free after an activist Brooklyn priest posted his $15,000 bail, The Post has
learned. Yohenry Brito, 24, who was being held at Rikers Island on the Jan. 27 cop
attack and is due to be arraigned on an assault indictment this week, walked out of jail Tuesday
after Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge put up the money, the church's pastor said.
"Our church is basically a sanctuary," the Rev. Juan Ruiz told The Post on Wednesday. "We
assume that people are innocent until they are proven otherwise." Ruiz also cited "the
politically charged context" surrounding the case against Brito and the other migrants accused of
ganging up on the cops, adding that "there is a lot more than what is being publicized.["]
Sanctuary
City Mayor Cuts Services for Americans, Blames Trump. The Democrat Mayor of Denver,
Colorado, is imposing wartime-like "shared sacrifice" on Americans rather than curbing his welcome
for tens of thousands of illegal migrants. Mayor Mike Johnston (D-CO) — like other
Democrat big city mayors — is also hoping his imposed sacrifice on Americans will spur
voter turnout against former President Donald Trump. Johnston spoke at a February 9
press conference, three days after a Republican revolt blocked the more-migration deal pushed by
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). McConnell's deal opened Americans' border to the
government-directed mass inflow of migrants and also provided $5 billion to help the migrants
settle in a myriad of cities and towns.
GOP
Senators Block McConnell's Migration Bailout for Sanctuary Cities. GOP Senators
blocked a hidden migration bailout for the Democrats' sanctuary cities and states when they voted
against the border bill pushed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The GOP revolt leaves
Democrat mayors and city politicians scrambling for funds they need to support and hide President
Joe Biden's growing population of poor migrants during the 2024 election year. "It's a huge
problem for the Democrats because the Biden administration was counting on being able to shovel all
this money onto the state and local allies," said Jessica Vaughan, the policy director at the
Center for Immigration Studies, adding: ["]The Governor of Massachusetts is feeling the
squeeze in a huge way. She's having to cut firefighter budgets and take over inner-city
recreational complexes and keep paying for all these hotel rooms for this huge number of illegal
migrants. Now there is no help on the way. The check is not in the mail.["]
Denver
[is] removing 800 illegal immigrant families from shelters. Denver is evicting
roughly 800 illegal immigrant families from the sanctuary city's shelters as over 40,000 illegal
immigrants have been relocated to the capital of Colorado over the past several months.
Newsweek reported that approximately 140 illegal immigrant families were removed from city shelters
on Monday. City officials explained that another 660 illegal immigrant families will be
evicted within the next few weeks. Denver's removal of illegal immigrant families from the
city shelters is expected to impact over 3,000 total individuals. According to Fox News,
Denver has struggled to find the resources needed to support the unprecedented number of illegal
immigrants being relocated to the sanctuary city, especially as Texas has continued to highlight
the southern border crisis by sending thousands of illegal immigrants to Denver and other cities
across the country.
The
Absurd Democrat Border Con. For the last three years of Biden's mass influx, the left
has applauded open borders. That is, until late last year, when overwhelmed southern border
state governors began busing and flying illegal immigrants en masse to northern sanctuary-city
jurisdictions. For years, these sanctuary zones had preened their liberality about open
borders. They smeared as "racists" and "xenophobes" any who insisted on legal-only
immigration. But now they were subject to the real-life ramifications of their own
destructive ideologies. Major blue-state cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and
Washington, D.C., became outraged that they were inundated with tens of thousands of immigrants,
all without legality, veritable identification, or background checks. Some proved
violent. Others crowded out scarce resources essential to millions of inner-city poor.
The liberal architects of illegal immigration are usually rich and powerful enough to be insulated
from the consequences of their utopian policies.
The
Moral Hazard Of An Open Border. The Democrats and their marketing department, known
as the media, insist that we have a principled obligation to absorb the immigrants. Some seem
to think the poem found on the Statue of Liberty that asks "ancient lands" to "give me your tired,
your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is actually U.S. law. Or at least a
tenet that we all have the duty to live by. To drive this point home, a number of
Democrat-run municipalities declared themselves to be "sanctuary cities," where the local
government refuses to comply with federal immigration law and to cooperate with immigration
officials. Chicago's welcoming ordinance, for instance, "means that the city will not ask
about your immigration status, disclose that information to authorities, or, most importantly, deny
you city services based on your immigration status."
Illegal
Immigrants in New York to Get Pre-Paid Debit Cards in $53 Million Program.
Illegal immigrants in the Big Apple will soon start receiving pre-paid debit cards that they must
pledge to use only to buy food, according to New York City records and media reports. Records
indicate that New York City has awarded a $53 million contract to a company called Mobility
Capital Finance (MoCaFi), which will create and distribute the pre-paid cards, called immediate
response cards. Under the program, MoCaFi will begin delivering the cards to the Roosevelt
Hotel, the first touchpoint for illegal immigrants arriving in the city, and will hand out them out
"directly to asylum seekers receiving financial assistance."
The
Big Apple goes debit card mad. The migrant story now has a debit card chapter.
I thought that the story was a joke when it came across the internet; it wasn't. [...] Furthermore,
isn't this going to encourage more migrants to take the New York-bound bus? I think so, and
most New Yorkers understand that.
Denver
Mayor Mike Johnston, the illegals' friend. Mayor Johnston realizes only one aspect of
immigration policy. He seems unable to see the others. For example, he seems happy to
be mayor of a sanctuary city and to welcome illegal immigrants warmly, but he doesn't seem to grasp
that his problems stem from those policies. One has to wonder if the mayor is really as
clueless as he seems or if he is just propagandizing for his party and the socialist Left.
During January 2024 Mayor Johnston went with a Colorado delegation of Democrat politicians to
Washington D.C. to lobby Congress: "Denver, like many cities in America, is a vibrant, thriving
city full of generous folks who want to see everyone succeed," Johnston said. "We are also a city
right now that is facing a humanitarian crisis and a fiscal crisis unlike anything we've seen in
the last 25 years. "And that is the result of what we know is the ongoing influx of
migrant arrivals who are seeking asylum in America and the system that is not adequately helping
them to succeed." Johnston uses the euphemism 'migrant' instead of saying 'illegal
immigrants.' Also, the mayor asserts that all the arrivals are seeking asylum. That is
not true; in fact, while most may say they are seeking asylum, the majority are not.
Get
out of Denver, baby, go, go. What do you know? Another "sanctuary city" wants
to get off the list and forget about all of those promises of being inclusive and diverse.
What's driving all of the second thoughts? It's economics, i.e., dollars and cents. In
other words, it costs money to run migrant centers, hire bilingual teachers, staff jails, offer
temporary services, and let's not forget medical care. I guess that was not contemplated when
they told the world that they were sanctuary cities. The aforementioned story indicates that
Denver will spend $180 million from its annual budget to accommodate the added population.
That's a lot of money no matter what language you are speaking.
Secret
Room Under Atlanta Airport Seems To Be Housing Illegal Immigrants, Guarded By US
Servicemen. [V]ideo exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation appears
to show a U.S. service member guarding a room chock-full of illegal immigrants at Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Republican state Sen. Colton Moore, who is the
vice chairman of the Georgia Freedom Caucus, took the video Tuesday night and told the DCNF that he
learned of the hidden room full of migrants through a "whistleblower" at Atlanta's airport, who
noticed an influx of illegal migrants coming through the facility in recent months. In the
video, there appears to be a uniformed soldier guarding a room full of migrants and volunteers with
a group called Team Libertad, which boasts of helping migrants travel on its social media
accounts. [Video clip]
State
Senator Discovers Migrants in 'Hidden Room' Inside Atlanta Airport, Gets Forced Out When Trying to
Record. A Republican Georgia state senator caused a fuss at Atlanta's airport Tuesday
night as he sought to document illegal immigrants passing through the facility. State
Sen. Colton Moore, vice chairman of the Georgia Freedom Caucus, said he went to Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after getting a tip from a whistleblower about the
presence of illegal immigrants at the airport, according to the Daily Caller. What he found
was a room filled with illegal immigrants with what appeared to be a U.S. soldier guarding them.
Massachusetts
governor closes sports center in majority-black Boston suburb so it can be used to house
migrants. A deprived Boston community has been left 'on fire' after the governor of
Massachusetts requisitioned a vital rec center to house the surge of migrants arriving in the
city. Democrat Maura Healey was accused of treating the Roxbury neighborhood 'like garbage'
after she locked residents out of the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex with less than
48 hours notice. She insisted it was needed to house the new arrivals, dozens of whom
have been sleeping rough in the city's airport for months.
Surprise:
Another Major 'Sanctuary' City Pushed to the Brink. 'Sanctuary' Democrats will never
forgive Texas Governor Greg Abbott for forcing them to live with even a small taste of the
consequences created by their reckless pro-illegal immigration posturing. The fallout from
lax security and open borders policy were always supposed to be someone else's problem, you
see. Abbott — whose state has been deluged and overrun by President Biden's
historic border crisis — keeps delivering a small fraction of the problem to
jurisdictions run by pro-'sanctuary' Democrats. And boy do they hate it. Here's the
latest out of Denver, Colorado, which is buckling under the weight of fewer than 40,000 illegal
immigrant arrivals over the past year: [...] Based on the record-shattering federal numbers from
last month, Denver is seriously struggling to handle the equivalent of four days' worth of
illegal crossings at the border. The city's leaders have had a year to adjust to those
arrivals; border communities see as many illegal immigrants come through in less than a week.
Every week. On repeat.
[The]
Tsunami of Illegals Sent to Sanctuary Cities Will Continue Until Biden Closes [the] Border.
The tsunami of illegal immigrants being sent to sanctuary cities will continue until Joe Biden
closes the southern border, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has confirmed. Posting on the X
platform, Abbott made the perfectly reasonable case that Texas border towns should not foot the
bill for Biden's open border policy and will, therefore, continue to send illegal arrivals to
so-called "sanctuary cities" such as New York and Chicago until Biden takes decisive action.
"Texas has transported over 102,000 migrants to sanctuary cities," he wrote. "Overwhelmed Texas
border towns should not bear the brunt of Biden's open border policies. Our transportation
mission will continue until Biden secures the border." [Tweet]
Denver
[is] becoming overwhelmed after 40,000 spike in migrant population. Denver,
Colorado's capital with over 700,000 residents, has become the latest city inundated with over
40,000 migrants as a result of the ongoing border crisis. The sanctuary city has been
struggling to stretch its limited resources to support the growing number of migrants in the
city. Texas has transported thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities like Denver, to
showcase the problems border states face when migrants flood their cities. With overcrowded
shelters and overrun hospitals, Denver state officials have begun enforcing a limit on the amount
of time that migrants can stay in state-provided rooms to accommodate the daily influx of
individuals, according to a report from NBC News.
Denver
is Collapsing Under the Weight of the Migrant Crisis. As Congress and the White House
continue to grapple over a completely unnecessary and disastrous "deal" over the border, the Biden
border crisis continues unabated. Conditions are not improving in Chicago and New York, both
of which have been severely impacted by the invasion, but there's another city that may have it
even worse while not drawing as many headlines. NBC News is reporting that the situation in
Denver has become increasingly dire. The city is far smaller than Gotham, with a population a
little over 700,000, but it has become one of the most popular destinations for migrants leaving
the southern border. They've taken in almost 40.000 migrants in the past year, the equivalent
of more than 5% of their population. They have run out of places to house them all and will
soon begin limiting how long migrants can stay for free in designated shelters. Even worse,
the migrants have overrun the city's hospitals and medical clinics. They are running out of
money, medical supplies, and the workers they need to tend to an army of new, non-paying patients.
'Take
My Sanctuary City... PLEASE!' Things must be getting kinda dicey in the Windy
City. Left and right, people are begging the federal government and their president to
take all these illegals off their hands. It's gotten so bad, one Democrat is even asking the
powers that be to take the "Sanctuary City" bit off the "Welcome to Chicago" sign. [Tweet]
Why on earth would she want to do that? It sounds like Chicago is a warm, welcoming,
open-arms sort of city. Just the kind of place every illegal who ever dreamed of an apple pie
at McDonald's would want to head for. I mean, here it is in their own words and straight from
the mayor's office: [Documennt] [...] While the Sanctuary City welcome party for illegals might
be harried and still in progress for Mayor Brandon Johnson, and other hardcore ChiTown machine
Dems, it is long over with for the citizens of this formerly fair city. Residents like long
time Democrat and government employee Cata Truss who, along with her neighbors, are so fed up with
illegals taking over their neighborhood facilities, and being handed benefits citizens cannot
receive, that they've banded together to file a lawsuit against the city.
At Boston's Logan Airport, the
ongoing shelter crisis comes to a head. One man says his wife is sick, another says
his daughter has a persistent cold. Other migrants, fleeing unrest back home or simply
seeking better economic opportunities, also want to know about medical care and potential
jobs. By the dozens, they spread their blankets to sleep on the hard, gray floor of Logan
Airport. Some curl up with their children. With their immediate future unclear, for
now, this is their America. Here, tucked into a corner of Terminal E at the pre-security area
in the welcome hall, past the Dunkin', the currency exchange, and a huge billboard advertising
Revere Beach are scores of people seeking a better life, forced to sleep on the floor of the
region's largest airport in part because the state's shelter system is maxed out.
Biden
hates working people. As our sanctuary-country sinks even further under the weight of
millions of illegal immigrants, the President and his fellow Democrats believe the solution is to
give them work permits so they can "support themselves." Where is their concern for the
citizens whose jobs these illegal immigrants will take? Have they never heard of the concept
of opportunity cost? Every job they take is a job that won't be available to legal
citizens. That's not a political philosophy but a cold hard fact. And this is in an
environment where Artificial Intelligence and robots/automation are forecast to slash the number of
jobs for average working folks. What is even worse is the fact that this army of illegal
immigrants is certain to depress working folk's hourly wages for generations to come.
You will often hear it said they are only taking jobs Americans won't do. That is a
lie. The truth is Americans won't do some of those jobs for the wages being offered.
So, rather than allowing the marketplace to raise the wages being offered, their revolting solution is
to import millions of low-skilled illegals in a planned strategy to keep working people's wages
low, forever.
NYC
inks $77M emergency hotels contract to shelter migrant families. Mayor Eric Adams'
administration has inked a new emergency $76.69 million contract with the Hotel Association of
New York City to provide "last resort" shelter to migrant families[.] Fifteen hotels in
Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx will make blocks of rooms available to asylum-seeking families for
up to 28 days under the "vouchering program" running through July. "We're not going to
allow a child or family to sleep on the street," Adams said during a press briefing Tuesday.
The migrant crisis has been a boon to the hotel industry still emerging from loss of business
during the coronavirus pandemic. The [New York] Post reported in September that the city
extended contracts with the hotel association for three years at a staggering price tag of
$1.3 billion — nearly five times the original $275 million deal —
just to pay rental fees to more than 100 hotels that were converted into emergency shelters.
The Editor says...
Families? Really? How many of the new arrivals are unaccompanied military-age men?
Honduran
Illegal Charged With Child Sex Abuse Freed After Local Authorities Refuse to Cooperate With
ICE. Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, one of the few national journalists who focuses
on the crisis at our southern border and is often down there filming the ongoing tragedy, posted a
disturbing story to X Sunday describing how an illegal immigrant who sexually abused at least one
minor was released — only to go out and commit more offenses. How did this
happen? Easy. The perp was allowed to walk the streets because, once again, local
authorities — especially those in sanctuary cities and states — often refuse
to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Authorities in Fairfax
County, Virginia not only ignored a detainer request from ICE, but they didn't even notify them
that the suspect had been released: [Tweet]
NYC
neighborhood turned into giant toilet as migrants litter park with poop, leave cups of urine on
'doorsteps'. Since November, thousands of adult migrants have waited outside the
former St. Brigid's School on East 7th Street, and overflow into Tompkins Square Park, to
score a bed in the city's shelter system after their 30-day and 60-day stay limits expired.
But [bad things happened] last week when the city Parks Department yanked a trio of Port-a-potties
from the park. The loos had become so filthy that workers gave up on maintaining them,
according to locals.
New
York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams Imposing 11 PM Curfew on Illegal Aliens. New York
City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams is considering the idea of setting a curfew for illegal aliens in
state-run housing after rising crime and worrisome safety issues exploded around migrant shelters,
setting legal residents on edge. Adams' popularity has taken a steep nose dive recently, and
he has been rapidly throwing ideas against the political wall, hoping it will bring voters back to
his side after taking so much heat for his policies coddling illegal aliens. If this latest
trial balloon becomes city-wide policy, illegal border crossers in state shelters would be required
to be in their rooms by 11 p.m. each evening, according to the New York Post. They will
also be required to stay in their rooms until 6 a.m. barring emergency situations.
Illegal
immigrant says NYC has provided him free housing, food for seven months. Social media
was shocked after a young muckraker's candid chat with illegal aliens highlighted the extent to
which taxpayers are footing freebies. Denial and deflection have remained go-to tactics from
Democratic politicians and President Joe Biden's recent remarks attempting to distance himself from
the southern border crisis were no different. While the gaslighting persisted, video
journalist Nick Shirley questioned illegals in New York City drawing a sharp distinction between
how the government was treating its own citizens. Sharing clips of a more than 24 minute
video across social media, one segment showed Shirley standing near the Roosevelt Hotel, one of a
number of cushy locations where NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D) had been housing illegals since Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) had forced the issue into corporate media's focus with his busing plan.
Small
Town, USA learns the hard way that welcoming lawbreakers has negative consequences. A
few days back, AT published an essay by contributor C.S. Boddie that highlighted a recent tragedy
in Colorado: an illegal alien, who had been deported four times before, killed a mother and her
16-year-old son, as he drove (allegedly) completely inebriated near a high school. The
illegal had four "alcohol-related driving" convictions under his belt, and just days before, he'd
received probation, community service, and work release from a Colorado judge; Boddie's piece also
included a number of other "chilling" examples underscoring the deadly consequences of admitting
millions of scofflaws. But dead Americans aren't the only casualties — say
adios to Whitewater, Wisconsin, a once-safe and once-quaint midwestern town.
Whitewater recently came into the national spotlight after a letter to the Biden regime got picked
up by conservative media. Local police chief Daniel Meyer, had appealed to Washington to
request help for the influx of illegals that have cropped up since 2022, putting a "strain" on
reasources, and bringing in problems like these: [Tweet]
Illinois
Gov. Pritzker begs Texas Gov. Abbott to stop sending migrants. The Governor
of Illinois has begged Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stop bussing migrants to his state ahead of a
life-threatening winter storm. Governor JB Pritzker warned carrying out the policy amid
plunging temperatures is jeopardizing the safety of migrant children and families. And with
the mercury set to plummet even further at the weekend, he has begged Abbott 'for mercy' on behalf
of the thousands of migrants arriving in Texas who are due to be sent off to Illinois' sanctuary cities.
Mayor
Eric Adams Forces Students into Virtual Classes So Migrants Can Stay in School Gym.
Ahead of a thunderstorm Tuesday evening [1/9/2024], New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is moving
nearly 2,000 border crossers and illegal aliens from Floyd Bennett Field into a Brooklyn high
school's gymnasium — forcing students into virtual classes. On Tuesday, Adams
announced that the border crossers and illegal aliens would be moved from Floyd Bennett Field,
where they have been staying, to the gym at James Madison High School in the Midwood neighborhood
of Brooklyn. School faculty were told to take important items with them from their classrooms
and offices when they left campus on Tuesday. As a result, James Madison High School
Principal Jodie Cohen notified parents, students, and faculty that they would have to go virtual on
Wednesday to accommodate the border crossers and illegal aliens and their gym being turned into a
migrant shelter.
NYC
blames illegal immigrants for its crime problem. It's interesting how much Democrat
New York City Mayor Eric Adams sounds like a Republican when he talks about the effects of illegal
immigration on his city. [...] During a news conference where he was asked about rising crime in
the Big Apple, he blamed the illegal immigrants who are coming into the city and are unable to work
here legally. "When I talk about the devastation impact that the migrant and asylum seekers,
people only think about the volume of people that are coming in. There are byproducts to
this, cuts to services, like we had to postpone a police class, looking at some of the budgetary
cuts, having a body of people, many young, who can't work," Adams said. This is all correct,
although it ignores why so many illegals are coming to the city. It is a lack of border
enforcement by the politicians Adams and his administration support. He is part of the reason
there is a problem.
The socialists who inflicted this problem are not going to help solve it.
Small
City in Wisconsin Begs Biden for Help with Migrants. December was recorded as the
highest single month for illegal immigration. More than 302,000 people were reported
crossing the southern border in December. Whitewater, Wisconsin is a small city that finds
itself dealing with both illegal aliens and legal immigrants. About 1,000 immigrants have
come in since 2022. In the 2020 census, the city's population was 14,889. So,1,000 immigrants may
not sound like a big number to some but for a city the size of Whitewater, it's a game-changer.
The legal and illegal immigrants are coming to Whitewater and causing issues with housing and crime,
for example. City leaders prepared a letter for Joe Biden that says they have seen a "rapid
increase in the population of immigrants arriving from Nicaragua and Venezuela."
SCNY
Sues Bus Companies For Doing Their Job Of Transporting People. What does Sanctuary
City New York mayor Adams think bus companies do? In this case, they were hired to transport
people for money. That's the business, right? What this lawsuit is about is to put the
fear into all bus companies so they do not transport illegal aliens to a self determined sanctuary
city[.] [...] I'm not a lawyer, but, I sincerely doubt that this will go anywhere, since they were
hired by the state of Texas to transport illegals, again, the entire point of the business is to
transport people for hire. If it doesn't get thrown out of court immediately, because,
really, if Adams wants to sue anyone it should be Texas, then Adams would lose on appeal.
And, since this is about interstate commerce, this cannot be adjudicated in local or state court,
it must be a federal court. What Adams wants to really do here is get the bus companies to
hold off in taking charters from Texas as the case waits for court, as well as force the companies
to pony up a lot for lawyers. [Tweet]
Phil
Murphy shipping migrants out of NJ proves Democrats hypocrisy on the border. Now The
Post has photographic proof that Jersey's Gov. Phil Murphy is a flaming hypocrite —
for doing right by his state despite his own stated "principles." Unless he thinks
helping migrants leave your state is only a "stunt" when a Republican does it. On
Wednesday, Murphy slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's practice of busing migrants from the border
to blue states: "This is not a time for stunts. This is a time to figure out a solution
that's broad and comprehensive." But when migrants show up on his doorstep, Murphy is shipping
them right to New York City. [New York] Post photos show New Jersey police officers collecting
migrants bused from Texas to Trenton and Secaucus and herding them straight onto NJ Transit trains
to the Big Apple. So when the Greyhounds' rubber hits the road, Murphy's doing the same
as Abbott.
Greg
Abbott Slams Eric Adams Over Laughable Lawsuit, Uses Left's Standards Against Them.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City announced a laughable lawsuit on Thursday, suing 17 different
charter bus companies for $700 million. [...] This is one of the most ridiculous lawsuits I've
ever seen. As RedState's Ward Clark pointed out in his write-up, bus companies (or
transportation companies of any kind) are not required to pay for the accommodations of their
passengers once they reach their destinations. New York City is a proud "sanctuary city" and
should be expected to abide by their proclamations. That means caring for illegal immigrants
once they arrive. To suggest that it is the bus companies in question that are somehow
financially liable for Adams' failure to uphold the far-left values he preaches is asinine.
Again, it's one of the most insane suggestions I've seen from a politician. Abbott responded
within hours, slamming Adams and turning the left's pro-illegal immigration standards against him.
Gov.
Abbott Responds to Adams's "Baseless" Suit & "Violations". Earlier today, we reported
that New York City Mayor Eric Adams sued 17 Texas bus companies for transporting migrants to
sanctuary New York City, where they wanted to go. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sends a small
number of migrants (illegal aliens), while Joe Biden's regime sends 90% of the migrants that end up
in other cities. Gov. Abbott has responded: "This lawsuit is baseless and deserves
to be sanctioned. It's clear that Mayor Adams knows nothing about the Commerce Clause of the
U.S. Constitution or about the constitutional right to travel that has been recognized by the U.S.
Supreme Court. Every migrant bused or flown to New York City did so voluntarily after having
been authorized by the Biden Administration to remain in the United States. As such, they
have the constitutional authority to travel across the country that Mayor Adams is interfering
with. If the Mayor persists in this lawsuit, he may be held legally accountable for his violations."
The Editor says...
Mr. Abbott was the Attorney General before he was the Governor. Eric Adams is in no position
to explain the law to Governor Abbott.
Democratic
Mayor Furious When Buses of Illegal Immigrants Show Up in His City, Says 'They're Not Welcome
Here'. Illegal immigration is all fun and games for Democrats trying to claim the
moral high ground — until the buses start showing up in their cities. Sam Joshi,
mayor of Edison, New Jersey — a Democrat endorsed by big guns of the party such as U.S.
Senator Corey Booker and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy — has had enough, according to
News 12 New Jersey. Bus drivers from Texas carrying loads of immigrants to New York City
began dropping immigrants off at train stations in New Jersey over the weekend. The drivers
were purportedly attempting to do an end-run around new rules set by New York City's Mayor Eric
Adams, dictating migrants can only be dropped in NYC on weekdays with 32 hours advance
notice. Buses stopped at train stations in Edison, Fanwood, Trenton and Secaucus, New Jersey,
so immigrants could board trains into Manhattan. Wasn't it Democrats that got us into the
immigration invasion crisis in the first place?
Biden
is likely to concede to GOP demands for border crackdown after Texas Gov. bussed 95,000 migrants to
'Sanctuary Cities'. Texas Governor Greg Abbott appears set for a huge victory on the
border crisis, as President Joe Biden and Washington Democrats look likely to cave on Republican
demands for a crackdown on migrants. The Republican posted to X on Tuesday, announcing the
success of his program to bus illegal migrants to Democrat-led cities. He said his initiative
has amounted to the transfer of nearly 100,000 migrants to cities such as New York, Boston, Denver,
and Chicago[,] where leaders are being forced to find accommodation for them.
Sanctuary
Cities Seek More Money For Migrants, But Is Money The Problem? Chicago, New York, and
Denver all seek more money to address the surge of migrants. However, money sent to sanctuary
cities will only make things worse. The sanctuary cities seek more money to address the
migrant issue. New York City Mayor whines the problem will cost $12 billion.
Denver's mayor said the problem will consume 10 percent of its budget. But what about
Texas? On many days in December, there were 10,000 or more illegal entries.
Gov.
Greg Abbott shipped over 85,000 illegal migrants from Texas in over one year. In less
than a year-and-a-half, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has transported 85,400 illegal migrants to
so-called sanctuary cities run by Democrats who don't want to adhere to federal immigration
enforcement. New York City has borne the brunt of Texas offloading the crisis to Democratic
enclaves, with Abbott sending 32,200 to the Big Apple starting in August 2022, according to
his office. Chicago has seen the second amount of migrants sent from Texas with 24,500
migrants arriving over the last year and four months. While highly unpopular, specifically
among Democrats, Abbott's strategy of sending migrants to sanctuary cities is helping flip the
narrative and get more attention on the crisis.
Migrant
Buses Arrive At NJ Train Station, Find 'Loophole' In NYC Executive Order. Immigrants
exploited a "loophole" in New York City's latest executive order by arriving at a New Jersey train
station before heading over to the city by train, New Jersey officials said. Secaucus's
police department and town officials "received word" that several migrant buses arrived at the
Secaucus Junction train station on Saturday, Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli announced in a press
statement Sunday. Gonnelli said the Hudson County Executives' Office had determined that an
estimated four migrant buses in New Jersey before heading over to New York City.
Migrants
arrive by bus in NJ, take transit into NYC to avoid Mayor's executive order. Buses
from Texas and Louisiana began dropping off asylum seekers at several NJ Transit stations in New
Jersey. It's apparently to avoid New York City Mayor Eric Adams' new restrictions on when
they can arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal. Approximately 10 buses from Texas and one
from Louisiana, carrying about 397 migrants, arrived at stations in Secaucus, Fanwood, Edison and
Trenton in the last two days, according to a social media post from Jersey City. Four of the
buses dropped asylum seekers at the Secaucus Junction station. "It seems quite clear the bus
operators are finding a way to thwart the requirements of the executive order by dropping migrants
at the train station in Secaucus and having them continue to their final destination," Secaucus
Mayor Michael Gonnelli said in a statement posted online.
Brandon
Johnson Calls Greg Abbott a Threat to 'National Security' for Shipping Illegals to
Chicago. To be sure, all Democrat politicians — as far as I can
tell — are blatant hypocrites, completely devoid of self-awareness. That said,
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is in a class of his own. Sunday, on CBS's "Face the Nation,"
Johnson's blatant hypocrisy and mind-blowing lack of self-awareness were on full
display — in all of their magnificent idiocy. At issue was Texas Republican
Gov. Greg Abbott's continuing transport of illegal aliens to the Windy City. Johnson
told host Margaret Brennan that Abbott was "determined to continue to sow seeds of chaos" by
shipping illegals to his city. [... But] While most of the embattled Chicago mayor's assertions
were largely correct, the blame lies exclusively at the feet of the worst president in at least
modern history. The Biden Border Crisis was intentionally created by this president and as
the monthly numbers of illegal alien crossings continue to rise, with December setting a new
record, this administration continues to do zero — other than lie.
Biden's
Migrant Crisis Overflows Tax-Funded Shelters in Detroit, Sends Migrants to Private Homes.
Joe Biden's border crisis has sent so many illegal border crossers to Detroit that activists are
calling on members of their community to step up to house them in their private homes. The
African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs — an NGO that settles and cares for
African migrants trying settle in the U.S. — is heading up the effort to find places for
illegals to shelter in the Motor City. The group's founder, Senegalese native Seydi Starr,
told the Detroit News that Detroit has been working since last year to implement a support network
for illegals. And this year the crisis is worse than ever.
Sancturay
Cities: 'Sorry! We're Full!' To be fair — that's not precisely
what they said. I believe they phrased it as, "Almost at capacity" and "at a tipping point."
Only RACIST Republicans would say something as insensitive as "full." [Tweet] It's
interesting to watch these Angels of Sanctuary Mercy try to tap-dance out of their shared misery,
blaming Texas while trying to say "but the border." The border which, had he not gone to
Chicago Public Schools or something equally as [bad], he would know runs right alongside
Texas like Lake Michigan to Chicago.
Chicago
Mayor Impounds Buses From Texas, Citations Issued. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is
trying to manage the chaos created by the arrival of illegal aliens to his sanctuary city.
One solution he is implementing is to impound buses coming from Texas and issue citations.
Let's be honest — Mayor Johnson is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He has been
in office for seven months and he has yet to accomplish anything of noteworthiness. He's good
at getting before a camera, though, and trashing Texas Governor Abbott for taking Chicago up on its
claim of being a sanctuary city. Texas as an overabundance of illegal aliens, thanks to the
Biden border crisis, and everything was fine as long as Texas was going it alone and dealing with
the illegal border crossers. However, once Governor Abbott began using migrant buses as a
part of Operation Lone Star, the border security initiative he implemented in March 2021 when
it became apparent the Biden border crisis is deliberate, suddenly sanctuary cities began crying
foul. The hypocrisy has been exposed. Mayors of big blue cities talk the talk but
didn't expect to have to walk the walk. Virtue-signaling is easy if it is only sanctimonious
words that do not require action to back them up.
Go
back to Texas, 'por favor'. The straw that broke the camel's back, or better said,
the decision that exposed the Democrats' hypocrisy on the issue, was when Governor Abbott decided
to make this a national problem. It was a Texas problem when the migrants were flooding
border cities. It's become a national problem now that Mayor Eric Adams of New York City is
angry that the White House is not returning his calls. The latest Texas vs Chicago feud is
happening in the context of a record-breaking surge at the U.S.-Mexico border. Can you say
something like thousands a day? Texas can't handle that and neither can anybody else.
So the migrants will fly to Chicago. Let's see what gimmick the mayor of Chicago comes up
with to keep migrants from going to his sanctuary city.
Then why is New York still a "sanctuary city?"
Eric
Adams Suggests Migrant Crisis Will Result In Rampant Crime. Democratic New York City
Mayor Eric Adams raised concerns that the city's migrant crisis will create more crime during a
press conference Tuesday. Migrants that are arriving and unable to work in the U.S. legally
have become a challenge for the city, Adams said during the news conference, where he was asked
about rising crime. Out of the more than 100,000 migrants that have arrived to the city, only
2,200 have been approved for work permits, Anne Williams-Isom, the city's deputy mayor for health
and human services, said. "When I talk about the devastation impact that the migrant and asylum
seekers, people only think about the volume of people that are coming in. There are
byproducts to this, cuts to services, like we had to postpone a police class, looking at some of
the budgetary cuts, having a body of people, many young, who can't work," Adams said.
The Editor says...
Those problems were all self-inflicted.
'Sanctuary
City' Just Released This Man Back Into the Community. U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) arrested an MS-13 gang member convicted of killing a Maryland resident years
after local law enforcement in a so-called "sanctuary city" freed the illegal alien in defiance of
ICE's detainment request. According to an ICE press release, Enforcement and Removal
Operations (ERO) Baltimore's Fugitive Operations Team finally captured the 26-year-old Honduran
national, a "validated" gang member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Sailors Locos Salvatrucha
Westside (S.L.S.W. or "Sailors") Clique, on Dec. 12 in Hyattsville, approximately
6.5 miles east of Washington, D.C. Notorious for its brutality, MS-13's motto is "Mata,
viola, controla" — meaning "Kill, rape, control."
10
more migrant buses arrive in Denver as Speer encampment grows. Residents who live
near a migrant encampment at Zuni and Speer say the number of tents is growing and the trash is
becoming a larger issue. On Thursday, 10 buses arrived in Denver with 341 migrants
inside. The city said that puts Denver on track to break 100 buses just in December.
One of the main spots they're landing is an encampment at Zuni Street and Speer Boulevard.
With more migrants coming in, residents' concerns are growing — one of those concerns
being the trash created by a growing number of people in that one spot.
Texas
officials send migrants to Chicago on private plane, mayor's office says. Texas officials
chartered a private plane to fly migrants to Chicago on Tuesday night, according to Mayor Brandon
Johnson's office. Police at O'Hare Airport were told a private plane chartered by the Texas
Department of Emergency Management landed and left approximately 100 asylum seekers at Signature
Flight. The mayor's office says this is the first time a private plane has been chartered to
fly migrants into Chicago. Two unidentified individuals who flew with the plane reportedly
fled Signature Flight and left the scene in an Uber before police arrived, according to a statement
from the City of Chicago. The flight originated from El Paso, Texas.
Illegals
housed in NYC shown the door after nonstop complaints, but they refuse to leave.
Yesterday a major storm ripped through the Northeast, and the illegals being housed at Floyd
Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY at the tremendous expense of the taxpayers, were not
happy — but then again, nothing is ever really enough for them, so it's not all that
surprising. "The plane was crowded, then the bus ride was uncomfortable, the food lacks
variety, it's too cold, we don't have streaming services, nobody makes my bed, and now, the tents
are too shoddy!" Then, when the facility's security told the complainers they were free to
leave, they refused, acknowledging that they had nowhere else to go. Hey, I've got an
idea — go back to your country of citizenship.
Chicago-bound
immigrants dropped off in secret locations so drivers can avoid fines. Bus drivers
who are transporting illegal immigrants from the United States southern border to Chicago are
dropping them off in secret locations to avoid fines from the city. The bus drivers
reportedly are shuttling immigrants to various spots around the city but not at shelters or police
stations where they can get help. The drivers also have cut off all communication with city
officials. "Obviously, they're trying every way to work around this," Cristina Pacione-Zayas,
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's deputy chief of staff, told the Chicago Tribune. "Since
we've instituted the ordinance and the amendment, we have lost all communication with the
border. They're not sending us any notices. ... When they come without notice and
coordination, it starts to undermine what we're trying to do."
Chicago
voters won't get chance to weigh in on sanctuary city status, City Council decides.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and his City Council allies on Thursday used a parliamentary maneuver to
squelch an advisory referendum that would have allowed Chicago voters to weigh in on whether
Chicago should remain a sanctuary city. A special City Council meeting called to consider the
issue was over in less than an hour and never got off the ground. Instead, Johnson ruled that
the proposed referendum championed by Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) needed a two-thirds vote, or
33 alderpersons, to suspend the rules so that it could be considered because it had not been
approved by the Rules Committee.
Over
67K migrants are living in NYC shelters. New York City Mayor Eric Adams again called
out the Biden administration and the federal government over its 'baffling' inability to address
the Big Apple's migrant crisis. Adams, a Democrat, has often clashed with the president and
Democrats in Washington, constantly begging Washington for money to solve a disaster that he
claimed will 'destroy my city.' It comes alongside the news there are now over 67,000 migrants
living in the city's shelter system, over triple the 21,300 at this time last year.
Illegal
Border Crossers Complain About the Free Food They're Being Given at Their Free New York City
Hotels. Illegal border crossers living on the taxpayers' dime in New York City hotels
are reportedly not happy about the taxpayer funded food they are being given. At a time when
American citizens are struggling to afford food to feed themselves and their families, people here
illegally are throwing away food that they are being given for free. The city is spending a
fortune on this every single day. They might as well just throw cash into the garbage.
Chicago's
migrant crisis spirals out of control: City spent nearly $1 million on failed camp
before pulling the plug. Chicago spent nearly $1 million to build a migrant camp
on a toxic site, as the city continues to struggle with a massive surge of asylum seekers, with
officials now impounding incoming buses. Official records seen by ABC 7 show the city
spent more than $985,000 on the shuttered migrant camp at a Brighton Park lot[,] despite warnings
that the site was not safe and outrage by locals, including a lawsuit. The nearly
$1 million bill is not much compared to the total expected cost of the camp, which was mostly
financed by the state government under a $125 million contract with a private contractor.
Chicago
lawmakers are blocking efforts to put sanctuary city status on ballot. Chicago's
Democrat leaders have been accused of hiding from voters in a city buckling under a migrant crisis
after they blocked a vote on ditching its sanctuary city status. Mayor Brandon Johnson
ordered his lieutenants to quash a bid to put the controversial 'Welcoming City Ordinance' to a
referendum on Chicago's March primary ballot. It came after the mayor's floor leader was
forced to resign for physically blocking opponents trying to access a previous vote on the issue
last month.
The
president of the Illinois NAACP called illegal aliens 'savages'. For decades, the
Democrats have built a political coalition based on victimhood. Indeed, they even have a name
for this coalition: Intersectionality. Women, blacks, the handicapped, Hispanics, the
LGBTQ+ cadre, they were all bound together by shared resentment
against white men. As the old Arab proverb went, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
But what happens when the common enemy is less of a problem than that intersectional friend?
We're finding out in Chicago where blacks are increasingly dismayed by the city giving illegal
aliens resources that once went to the black community. And in a city plagued by crime, it
turns out that at least some blacks prefer the familiar black criminals as opposed to the new
illegal alien criminals. News broke yesterday that the president of the Illinois NAACP got in
trouble because she called illegal aliens rapists, robbers, and even "savages": [...]
From
sanctuary city — to 'stay in Texas'. The migrant crisis in Chicago has
turned comical. I mean that it makes me laugh, especially when we remember what they used to
say about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the law that eliminated sanctuary cities in Texas. [...]
Mayor Johnson's problem is that he never said that sanctuary cities were only open in
summertime. The Democrats invited these people to come and they came as we can see on the
streets or where ever they are sleeping tonight. Down in El Paso, some group is putting up
billboards reminding the new arrivals that New York City is a sanctuary city.
Wow, those buses are mean!
Chicago
Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration begins filing lawsuits against operators of 'rogue buses' of
migrants. Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration has quietly begun filing lawsuits
over what it has described as "rogue buses" transporting migrants, an escalation the mayor has
coupled with an attempt to further crack down on the transportation companies. The stepped-up
enforcement is the Johnson administration's latest effort to address the influx of new arrivals,
which has become one of the mayor's most vexing challenges. The care of more than 24,400
migrants who have arrived in Chicago since August 2022 has taken on heightened urgency as winter
sets in, and tested the limits of how welcoming the city can be. The city has filed 55
lawsuits since it implemented new rules about when and where buses can arrive in mid-November, the
Law Department said. The lawsuits address 77 total buses accused of violating the rules, and
public records show at least some cases are seeking fines against the bus companies.
Schumer,
Jeffries, Gillibrand and Biden stand by as migrants drive NYC into bankruptcy. "It's
going to be up to New Yorkers to navigate this challenge that we are facing," he said —
the challenge being the migration-driven fiscal tsunami now bearing down on his city. The
thing about tsunamis, of course, is that they are not navigable. Pretending otherwise, as a
matter of public policy, is either foolish or dishonest. Pick one. Meanwhile, all one
hears from Albany lately is a howling winter wind — Gov. Hochul also having been
struck dumb by the migration crisis. But her timidity is a grave mistake: Albany is
responsible — constitutionally, but also morally — for functionally bankrupt
cities. This would include the Big Apple, should it come to that.
What
the Democratic Party Has Become. A recent headline in "The Epoch Times": "Chicago to
Give Illegal Immigrants up to $9,000 Each for Housing Costs." Chicago is paying people to break the
law. This is what the Democratic Party in America has become. I guess Chicago did
this. The city is taking money away from hard-working, law-abiding, decent American citizens
and giving it to people who should not be in the country. People who are violating American
laws, spitting in the face of our people, and mocking the United States. They are criminals
who are allowed to roam freely on our streets with no penalty, taking jobs from Americans, indeed,
with money from honest people in their pockets, courtesy of the Democratic Party. But this is
what the Democratic Party has become. They hate America. What other explanation is
there for robbing their own law-abiding citizens and giving the money to criminals? America
will never be saved until the traitorous, totalitarian, America-loathing Democratic Party is
totally crushed.
Mayor
Adams' hotel-for-migrants money pit. Even as he slashes public services, Mayor Adams
is ramping up spending on migrants: This year alone, city taxpayers will spend $4.3 billion
to shelter and provide other services to recent arrivals, a 48% increase from the spring
estimate. But what are we getting for all this spending? The city has finally,
begrudgingly handed over its contract for the Roosevelt Hotel, after months of delay —
and the document offers more questions than answers. The Roosevelt Hotel, smack in Midtown,
is Adams' flagship migrant facility. Open as a welcome center and shelter since May, it's
supposed to demonstrate how heroically the mayor is handling everything, even if President Biden
won't pick up the tab. Instead, it's become a physical blight, with graffiti scrawled all
over the back, dozens of illegal mopeds strewn every which way, metal grates everywhere, trash
overflowing two giant containers placed smack in the street, blacked-out windows. There's no
evidence Adams ever sends a top deputy over to see what's going on; the city's security contractors
run the place.
Chicago
Migrants Kicked Out Of Police Station Into Bitter Cold Weather. Chicago migrants
temporarily living in a police station were kicked out into the cold due to their refusal to
relocate to a shelter. Migrants have been piling into the Windy City over the past few
months. There are limited resources and limited places to house these people. Police
stations, churches, Chicago O'Hare Airport, and other locations have been turned into makeshift
homeless shelters just to accommodate the migrants. However, the situation has become
untenable and other arrangements must be made. Migrants at a Chicago police station were
requested to transfer to a local shelter. Some of them accepted while others refused and
attempted to hunker down at the police station. A viral video shows law enforcement removing
the remaining people and forcing them out into the cold.
Dozens
of Seniors Evicted from NYC Nursing Home to Make Way for Migrants. A New York City
nursing home has been converted into a migrant shelter after dozens of senior residents, including
veterans, were recently evicted from the property. 94-year-old Army veteran Frank Tammaro, who
served his country in the Korean War, was one of the residents evicted from their senior
center. Tammaro told Fox News that he had lived in the center for five years, and intended to
spend the rest of his days there. The residents were devastated when they were notified that
they were being kicked out of their homes.
Gov.
Abbott Says Texas Will Bus Another 70,000 Immigrants To Democrat-Run Cities. Texas
Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the state will bus another 70,000 immigrants to
Democrat-run cities around the nation amid the Biden administration's ongoing crisis at the
Southern Border. "Texas will bus migrants to sanctuary cities until Biden secures the border,"
Abbott said on X. "Our mission provides vital relief to border towns." According to Abbott,
the state intends to transport more than 12,500 migrants to Washington D.C., 25,000 to New York
City, 20,000 to Chicago, 3,200 to Philadelphia, 7,400 to Denver, and over 1,000 to Los
Angeles. The governor's move comes as floods of migrants crossing the southern border in
recent months have led to a national crisis, of which border towns typically bear the brunt.
But under Abbott's leadership, Texas reversed course last year by sending tens of thousands of
migrants to so-called sanctuary cities run by Democrat officials — who were quick to
voice criticism over the governor's orders.
Over
300 migrants move into San Diego airport. Over three hundred migrants have been
crashing at the San Diego International Airport as the border city has been hit with a surge of
crossers. Overnight stays by migrants have become common at the airport, but in recent weeks
the number has drastically risen. On Thursday, a bus dropped off dozens of immigrants at
Terminal two, Fox 5 reported.
Democratic
cities brace for a nightmare winter housing migrants. Migrants in Chicago huddle on
the floors of police stations and sleep in city buses kept running overnight to block out the
cold. In Massachusetts, where the emergency shelter system hit capacity earlier this month,
the state is converting office space into shelters and at least one local group is stockpiling
sleeping bags. And in New York, where shelters are also full, the city has taken the
extraordinary steps of providing migrants one-way plane tickets to as far away as Morocco and have
contemplated handing out tents to newly-arriving migrants so they can sleep in parks.
Northern cities and states that have been overwhelmed by a surge in migrants are now out of room to
house them just as the weather turns cold — a potentially life-threatening situation
that's inflaming local political tensions as the Biden administration largely leaves these
Democratic strongholds to fend for themselves. "The state that took my ancestors in fleeing
from pogroms in Ukraine will not allow asylum seekers to freeze to death on our doorsteps,"
Gov. JB Pritzker said last week, referring to his family's immigration to Illinois.
The dual crises of lowering temperatures and a lack of shelter space are forcing some jurisdictions
to tighten long-standing policies that previously ensured people without homes would have a place
to stay — and in some cases, confront simmering racial divides.
New
York Housing Residents Miss Out on Thanksgiving Dinners After Illegal Aliens Get Them
All. Residents of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) were shocked early this
week when illegal aliens who got in line before they did for free Thanksgiving dinners given away
by local food banks left many low-income citizens without a holiday meal this year. Reports
say that residents of the NYCHA were told when to line up for their turkey dinner and fixings
delivery, but when they arrived at the appointed time, they found hundreds of illegals already at
the head of the line, according to WNYW-TV. Queensbridge Housing resident Georgia Butler, for
one, was disgusted after losing out to illegals at this year's food bank give away and noted that
illegals were first in line[.]
Biden's
illegal invasion is an unfunded mandate killing US cities and he's planning to expand it.
Recently Joe Biden bragged about his intention to allow more massive amounts of illegals to flood the
country and it's frightening. [Tweet with video clip] Reparations for migrants?
What I never heard talked about is the fact that this is an unfunded mandate. Biden does
everything he can to keep the borders open for illegal invasion, to keep fentanyl flowing across the
border, keep money pouring into the coffers of Mexican cartels and keep human trafficking flourishing.
This has a human horrible cost. Young females are being abused on their travels to here.
Over 100,00 [sic] are dying every year from opiate overdose, most from fentanyl. Then there is
a gigantic financial cost to America. We have seen how big-mouth politicians have devolved into
mealy-mouthed politicians when their boasts of being sanctuary states and cities have their words
shoved down their throats. One is tempted to simply say "They asked for this. Their
constituents voted for this" and that's a fair assessment. Eric Adams, the mayor of New York
City, is one such idiot. He repeatedly boasted of being a sanctuary city. Now that NYC
has taken 142,000 illegals, the cost is becoming onerous. To accommodate the illegals, Adams
is punishing Americans. He plans to slash the budget by $4 billion across the board by
eviscerating the police force and education for his constituents.
Migrants
move into Boston's airport as 'sanctuary city' runs out of beds for them. A group of
migrants have been forced to move into Boston's Logan Airport as the 'sanctuary city' has run out
of beds for them to sleep in. The party of up to 20 people, which includes babies, was seen
sleeping underneath blankets on benches on Friday [11/17/2023]. They arrived in Boston as the
Massachusetts shelter cap reached its maximum and there is deadlock over how best to spend
$250 million for emergency shelters.
Eric
Adams Begs Rich New Yorkers for Cash As Big Apple Continues to Rot. As we reported on
Thursday, NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced what amounts to the first of three emergency budgets, each
of which will slash spending in critical areas, including for the New York Fire Department and
Education Department. Moreover, the mayor said further cuts might be necessary. On
Friday, Adams went hat in hand to some of the city's wealthiest residents, pleading with them to
help his Democrat-run city government stop the bleeding — the bleeding for which it is
solely responsible. As is the case with all big-city Democrat mayors, Eric Adams doesn't
get it.
Mayor
Adams singing the 'sanctuary city blues'. Mayor Eric Adams just announced budget
cuts, as we read in news reports: [...] It's always tough to tell voters that their taxes are not
enough to pay the bills. This is more true in blue cities where so many people simply don't
pay anything. The mayor is blaming the migrants, the thousands who decided to listen to those
who sing messages of love and welcome. I don't doubt that taking care of 143,000 newcomers
will turn a budget upside down.
Migrants
to cost New Yorkers their police, teachers, firefighters, garbagemen. Nothing's as
expensive as cheap imported labor, and New Yorkers are about to find that out the hard way. [...]
The astonishing thing is that none of them, other than Mayor Eric Adams, seem to recognize that
migrants are why they can't have nice things. They can pay for the migrants or they can have
a cop come to the phone when they get robbed but they can't have both. While migrant service
cuts are on the table, what should be happening is the elimination of the entire free ride
package — instead of 20% cuts to migrant freebies, why not 100% cuts, getting rid of
them altogether? Of course, the bureaucrats and NGOs would have to go, too, but that's
probably where the problem is.
Failed
Democrat Cities are Convincing Migrants to Go Back Home. Democrat policies may have
attracted millions to America with their open borders, but once those migrants get a taste of life
under the American version of socialist banana republics, they're turning around and going home.
[...] I think Chicago just solved the problem of illegal migration. All the next
administration has to do is tell the migrants that they are welcome here as long as they stay in
Chicago. Or New York City.
Furious
migrants refuse to stay in tent shelter after being bused to Brooklyn. Furious
migrants are refusing to stay in tent shelters set up for them in New York City, at great expense
to the taxpayer, as they prefer their plush hotels in Manhattan. A group of asylum seekers
were seen being bused to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn on Sunday. The site, part of a
national park located in southeast of the New York City borough, is expected to hold 2,000
people. But they were immediately loaded on a bus back to Manhattan as they complained that
they had jobs back in the city, and their kids had schools to attend.
First
migrants arrive at NYC's Floyd Bennett Field — only to scoff and leave isolated site
after just one look-around. The first batch of migrants was bused to Floyd Bennett
Field's makeshift tent city in Brooklyn on Sunday — and wanted no part of it.
Dozens of migrant families arrived at the controversial remote housing site courtesy of the Adams
administration shortly after 12:30 p.m., looked around and promptly hopped back on the bus to try
to return to their previous shelters. "We weren't told where we were going," one of the bused
migrant dads griped to The [New York] Post. "I work in The Bronx. My kids go to school in
The Bronx. For us to live out here is ridiculous. "We're going back," he fumed.
Chicago
is so unpleasant migrants are fleeing back to Venezuela after being dumped in shelters and refused
jobs. Chicago has become so unpleasant that migrants are fleeing back to Venezuela
after being dumped in shelters and refused better paying jobs. Since August last year, 20,700
migrants have arrived in Chicago from Texas. The Lone Star State's Governor Greg Abbott sent
migrants to Chicago and other Democrat-run cities because of their proud status as 'sanctuary
cities.' They offer enhanced protection against detention or deportation for undocumented
migrants. Now, Illinois' harsh winters, lack of migrant infrastructure, and ambivalent
support from locals has made many people, who undertook the harsh US-Mexico border journey,
actually turn around and go back home.
Many
Turn Against 'Sanctuary City' Status — Tulsa, OK, Becomes State's First 'Welcoming
City'. As many cities have begun to turn away from being "welcoming" or "sanctuary"
cities, the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, seems to be heading in the opposite direction. Activists
for migrants were celebrating this week by designating Tulsa as its newest "Welcoming City." The
designation comes after Mayor G.T. Bynum and members of the city council enacted several measures
since September to make the city a more desirable destination for illegal migrants. The group
Welcoming America has helped cities across America create, promote, and guide efforts to create
conditions better for migrants in American cities. One of the efforts by Tulsa was the Asian
Affairs Commission enacted by Mayor Bynum in September, the group says. The new commission
will focus on workforce and economic development, education, and civic engagement, according to KOSU.
GOP
Speaker Mike Johnson: Democrats Should End 'Sanctuary City' Secession Policies.
House GOP legislators will use their clout in the year-end funding fights to push to end Democrat
cities' secession from the nation's immigration laws, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told the
New York Post. "I'm certain that will be one of our proposals, and it should," the
GOP's new House leader told the newspaper. The Democrats' so-called "Sanctuary Cities"
create no-go zones for federal immigration laws, including the laws requiring the deportation of
illegals. The cities' secession from federal law also creates havens for illegal migrants,
spikes crime against Americans, and also allows employers to cut wages, spike rents, and sideline
millions of working Americans.
Please,
don't come to Boston for the springtime. Honestly, I don't blame the migrants.
They've been lied to, from the human trafficking masters who took their money to Democrat
politicians exploiting the issue. They were told to come, claim asylum, and wait for the
judge to hear their case. So they came. It's the Democrats to blame here. They
sang the sanctuary city song never realizing that people would actually listen to the lyrics.
Deal with it, Democrats. You created this problem and the federal government is not going to
bail you out.
Housing
illegal migrants in America's airports? Is there nothing of greater priority to this
Biden administration than the care and feeding of illegally present foreign migrants? It sure
seems like it. Witness this latest bat-brained scheme from Transportation Secretary Pete
Buttigieg to house illegal aliens in America's airports. [...] Airports are put there by taxpayers
for the purpose of air travel, their own air travel, not unvetted migrant housing, which has
created problems everywhere it has been established. Just ask New York City, which is now the
home of migrant-trashed hotel rooms. There's a zoning problem right there. Put an
unpermitted addition onto your own house and the inspectors will come after you. Turn the
airport into a migrant housing complex and nobody does a thing.
Raucous
crowds flood Chicago City Council, shut down meeting over sanctuary city issue. A
special City Council meeting to discuss Chicago's sanctuary city status descended into chaos on
Tuesday. The meeting was suspended amid a large contingent of loud and angry demonstrators
that had taken over the gallery in the City Council chambers, expressing their displeasure over
Chicago's status as a sanctuary city. Some protestors were kicked out of the rules committee
meeting, which had to be shut down because nobody could hear what anybody was saying. Last
week, there was an attempt to take a vote on an ordinance that would create a referendum on next
spring's ballot, allowing the public to decide whether Chicago should continue its status as a
sanctuary city. However, that meeting never got off the ground, because they could not reach
a quorum.
Deluded
mayors demand $5 billion from taxpayers to fix a migrant crisis they welcomed to their 'sanctuary
cities'! America has lost all control. The numbers are eye-watering.
Around 600,000 'gotaways' crossed the Southern border undetected in the last fiscal year.
900,000 more, out of 2.4 million migrants encountered by guards, were willingly released into
the US. In total, that's equivalent to the population of Philadelphia. Of course, Joe Biden
and his Democrats are to blame. But now their own party's mayors are begging for billions of
taxpayer dollars to remedy a problem they asked for.
Sanctuary
City Mayors from Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver and Houston, Demand Federal
Bailout. The hubris here is actually quite stunning. A group of Mayors from
sanctuary cities are requesting that all taxpayers in the USA support them as they try to cope with
the impact of mass illegal alien arrivals. They created themselves as "sanctuary cities" for
illegals, now they want everyone to pay for it.
Red
Light District Erupts in New York with Influx of Venezuelan Prostitutes. A whole new
red light district has erupted in New York City with a mass influx of Venezuelan migrant women
working as prostitutes. "Roosevelt Avenue in the Corona neighborhood of Queens is filled with
Venezuelan migrants offering sex services in the open-air, so-called 'Market of Sweethearts,"
reported the Daily Mail. Prostitutes have even been seen working in the neighborhood during
the day and sometimes soliciting children as they leave school. New York Mayor Eric Adams,
who previously warned that the migrant crisis would dramatically alter his city, said that the
eruption in prostitution just represents yet another example of its impact.
I
don't pity the poor illegal immigrant. The Star Tribune has just posted Maya Rao's
weepy and euphemistic take on Hennepin County's close encounter of the Biden kind with the flood of
illegal immigrants that is washing up in Minneapolis from New York (thanks, Mayor Adams!) and south
of the border. [...] It isn't rude to [observe] that someone paid for that "free plane ticket," but
inquiry into who that someone might be runs beyond the scope of Rao's 1500-word story. Rao
doesn't go there. Maybe this inhibited the scope of Rao's inquiry, but I don't think so:
"The Star Tribune could not determine what happened to the family waiting outside the Bloomington
hotel — after a few minutes of conversation, two security officers walked outside and
asked journalists to leave." What agency did the security officers work for? Rao doesn't
go there. Rao only glancingly addresses the illegality of the flood. She notes that
most of the "migrants" are Ecuadorians "seeking asylum, waiting for court dates that are months or
years away." [...] How would these 18-year-olds or other Ecuadorians in the Biden flood washing up
in Hennepin County conceivably qualify for asylum? Rao doesn't go there.
Democrat
voters are getting tired of being mugged by the reality they created. Snug in their
northern cities far from the open southern border, Democrats condescendingly chided conservatives
and those living in southern border regions for their heartlessness and racism. "No person is
illegal," they chanted. "America is a nation of immigrants," they told us. "Give us your
tired, your hungry, your poor, your huddled masses, blah, blah, blah," they recited as if a poem
had the force of law. And then Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott, joined by Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis, had the inspired idea to send the illegal aliens flooding Texas to places such as
Martha's Vineyard, New York, and Chicago. Now, those smug cities are begging for
relief. It was cute when Martha's Vineyard, after hosting what was essentially a
community-wide barbecue for the few illegal aliens who landed in their elite, white paradise,
swiftly sent them on their way. That was easy. It's harder, though, in places like New
York and Chicago. [...] For example, New York is paying over $11 million just to wash laundry for
illegal aliens. That's on top of the $23 million the city is shelling out for other services
for illegal aliens, some of which also include dirty laundry.
Chicago
meeting turns ugly as residents protest planned migrant camp in local neighborhood: 'Nobody asked
us'. A meeting over Chicago's brewing migrant crisis in the Brighton Park
neighborhood became heated as residents protested a planned camp that can house over 2,000
migrants, according to Fox 32 Chicago. Residents of the southwest side of Chicago
neighborhood were fiercely divided over the plan, with city officials confirming their plans to
build a camp for migrants on a "10-acre vacant lot, located at 38th and California," per the
outlet. "The City of Chicago has been identifying viable sites across the city to construct
base camps as an alternative to new arrivals sleeping outdoors, at O'Hare and on the floors of
police district stations as winter fast approaches," a statement from the mayor's office reads.
"The site at 38th and California appears viable, and the intention is to construct temporary
shelter at this site."
Nothing is free, especially in New York City. If the government is giving away goodies, you paid for them.
LOL:
NYC Now Offering Illegal Migrants Free Plane Tickets to Anywhere in World. It's
amazing what happens when a liberal is forced to put his money where his mouth is. Their
specialty is spending other people's money, not their own. And it turns out that housing even
a tiny percentage of the illegal aliens President Biden has invited into America is wildly
expensive, and Mayor Adams hasn't managed to find anybody else to hand the tab to. His
answer? A free ticket to anywhere, as long as he never sees their faces again.
New
York City Offering Illegals Free Plane Tickets to Destinations of Their Choice. As
New York City continues to be swarmed by hordes of third world illegal aliens, the administration
of Mayor Eric Adams (D-N.Y.) has turned to yet another solution: Offer them free travel to
any destination they choose. According to Politico, Adams turns to this latest move as the
shelters continue to overflow with illegals, with concerns surrounding the increased cost of
housing them and the brutality of the coming winter months for those who cannot find shelter.
The Editor says...
[#1] Why is this generous offer extended only to those who are present in New York illegally?
Why can't any law-abiding New York resident get a free ride to Florida, for example? [#2]
At this point, the mayor's offer is just an offer. When nobody wants to leave, I predict there
will be fewer carrots and more sticks.
Illegal
Immigration's Terrifying Cost. When Florida governor Ron DeSantis tapped local funds
late last year to start flying undocumented immigrants out of his state and into blue states,
Democrats blasted him for trying to score "political points" with taxpayer money. DeSantis
countered that the $12 million fund that financed the flights represented only a tiny portion of
the money that Florida was spending on asylum seekers, after the federal government briefly detains
them at the border, releases them, and they wind up in the Sunshine State. Florida hospitals
alone had racked up hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for uncompensated care to migrants,
DeSantis noted — and the state had to subsidize those services. And it was largely
progressive-led municipalities declaring themselves immigrant "sanctuaries" that helped attract
record recent numbers of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants, DeSantis argued, so it was only
fair that those cities and states pay for sheltering them. "If the policy is to have an open
border, I think the sanctuary cities should be the ones that have to bear that," said DeSantis.
Biden's
call for more war cash includes $14 billion to faciliate the entry of illegals. [Joe
Biden is] calling his new request for $105 billion in war cash a "smart investment that's going to
pay dividends for American security for generations." [...] All we can see from this phony request
of his is that he's concerned about the Fox News cameras focused on the unending stream of illegals
crossing into the U.S. and hopes to outrun it by spiriting them into the states faster.
That's not going to fool the cities, such as San Diego, which are now flooded with dumped illegals,
as are many cities across the country. They're the ones who pay for this, but no
matter: These are sanctuary cities are run by Democrats and they aren't going to seriously
oppose Biden even as he sticks them with the tab. Sure, a little grumbling. But no move
to get rid of Biden which is what they ought to be doing. If Biden gets his requested
appropriation, not only will he be able to process more illegal migrants into the U.S., he'll
presumably have the Fox News cameras off the border scene as election time approaches.
Border
Patrol dumps buses full of migrants at overwhelmed San Diego center. US Border patrol
agents continue to dump migrants — including many who entered the country illegally — at
a transit center in San Diego, overwhelming the city that already experiences 1,200 arrivals each day.
New photos show the shocking moment buses of migrants from central America, the Middle East and Africa arrive
at the center. There, they are met with social workers who help them book flights and bus tickets to
other parts of the nation. San Diego shelters have struggled with the influx of migrants under
Joe Biden's lax border policies.
El
Paso Mayor Sends 178 Buses of Illegal Aliens to Sanctuary Cities. El Paso Mayor Oscar
Leeser escapes the critical rhetoric that is thrown at Governor Greg Abbott over sending migrant
buses to sanctuary cities. Why is that? Is it because Leeser is a Democrat and Governor
Abbott is a Republican? Probably. Governor Abbott began sending migrant buses to
sanctuary cities to help ease the overcrowding in border communities through his Operation Lone
Star initiative. Texas taxpayers fund the migrant buses. Big blue sanctuary cities
across the country have preened as though they are better than everyone else by spouting popular
progressive talking points. All are welcome here, they say, and legal status doesn't
matter. The mayors of the sanctuary cities said they would have services ready to handle
illegal aliens. So, Governor Abbott took them up on their offers of hospitality.
Migrant buses rolled from Texas to New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and Denver.
A
remarkable awakening has unfolded in this country, and we have those busloads of illegals to thank
for it. There was a time, not so long ago, when supporting President Trump's border
wall could get you labeled a "racist." While some die-hard progressive ninnies might still
throw that term around, the tide is definitely turning. Much of this awakening can be
credited to red state governors like Abbott and DeSantis, who sent busloads of illegals to blue
"sanctuary cities" across the nation. This eye-opening move made the border crisis all too
real for liberals. Suddenly, they got a firsthand look at just how destructive an
uncontrolled bumrush at our border can be, revealing how quickly it can destabilize even a city as
large and robust as New York.
Debunking
the False Narratives About Sanctuary Cities. I am glad to see that most of the GOP
presidential primary challengers are talking about the need to end and outlaw sanctuary polices in
the United States. I wish they would go a step further and explain why sanctuary policies are
bad for public safety, officer safety, and border security. The American people need to
understand the critical nature of — and a good candidate needs to also understand and be
able to articulate — such an important issue. As the former director of U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I often talked about sanctuary cities and how politicians who
pushed them were dishonest with their communities. I often talked about how these
jurisdictions undermined public safety, put the public in harm's way, and made life harder and more
dangerous for law enforcement. I have been retired for a few years now and I still talk about
the need to end these dangerous policies — and I will not stop until we succeed.
Thanks
to Biden's Open Borders, in Dem Cities it's Black vs. Brown. The last time the
black vs. brown tension was this thick, you could cut a chunk and fry it as the Black Lives Matter
riots were tearing Chicago into pieces. Black protesters led by media-protected white
leftists tore up downtown to hurt Donald Trump's re-election prospects. This was their
insurrection. It took lives and cost billions of dollars in damages in cities across
America. They tore up the downtowns and black neighborhoods and black-owned businesses.
Then Mayor Lori Lightfoot was in literal panic. But in Chicago, the BLM rioters and their
white Democrat Socialist handlers did did not tear up the old and iconic Latino neighborhoods on
18th and 26th street. Why is that? Because Latino street gangs publicly threatened to
shoot Black Lives Matter rioters if they were found in the Hispanic neighborhoods. And so,
BLM backed off. But now? The tension if not the physical damages are high, with
longtime black residents told to step off the corner, to step back and give their place in line to
illegal Latin immigrants who are being courted as new prospective voters by Biden Democrats.
Black voters have been betrayed.
Abbott:
More than 50,000 Illegals Bused to Sanctuary Cities. Texas has bused more than 50,000
illegals who were unlawfully released into the U.S., Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday. The
majority have been bused to New York City, followed by Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia,
Denver and Los Angeles. Abbott began the busing strategy in April 2022. He first sent
foreign nationals who illegally entered the U.S. in Texas to Washington, D.C. Since then, over
12,500 people chose to be transported to the nation's capital. Last year, he expanded the
strategy to send people to New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia. Since last August, Texas
bused more than 18,500 people to New York City and over 13,500 people to Chicago. Since last
November, Texas bused over 3,200 people to Philadelphia.
Denver
sends fliers to border towns telling asylum seekers to stay away after 21,000 arrivals this
year. Denver's liberal government has asked officials at border towns to distribute
fliers telling asylum seekers to stay away from the Colorado capital, after 21,000 new migrants
arrived this year. Like various liberal cities like Chicago and NYC, the Mile High city has
been struggling with migrants being bused north by conservative governors trying to make a point
about what they say are open-border Democratic policies. The city currently has about 2,510
migrants staying in temporary shelters and has spent about $26 million on the crisis.
Matthew Mueller, the executive director for the Office of Emergency Management, has asked officials
in Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Dallas to let migrants know Denver 'can no longer provide the
same level of sheltering resources to newly arriving persons.'
A
Democratic civil war in Chicago. Tempers are flaring in the city of Chicago and
protests are taking place on an almost daily basis now. But the city's residents are not
protesting against Donald Trump or the police or carbon emissions. They're protesting the
government of newly elected Mayor Brandon Johnson. And they're not just upset about the
rampant crime rates in the city, though there have been some protests about that as well. The
most recent protests are in opposition to the city's handling of the busloads of illegal migrants
that are showing up in Chicago and the Mayor's plans to convert more buildings and facilities into
migrant shelters. The one that took place yesterday outside of the Amundsen Park Fieldhouse
was particularly "lively" [...] The current plan would convert the park into a shelter and the
people from the neighborhood were having none of it.
Failed:
New York City is a Collective Slum. Now that New York City is, as a result of its own
decision to become a sanctuary city for illegal migrants, suffering a widespread housing shortage,
its slumlord-in-chief (Mayor Eric Adams) proposes to address the problem with single room occupancy
(SRO) accommodations. [...] Slumlords accept only tenants who pay the rent, while NYC squanders
$300 a day on hotel rooms for illegal migrants who pay nothing. New York City is an outhouse,
and I am using the family-friendly version of the word Donald Trump was accused of using to
describe certain countries, that forced a 95 year-old veteran of the Korean War out of his nursing
home to make room for illegal migrants while it seeks to reintroduce tenement housing for working
Americans. In fairness to landlords, some try to keep their places clean and safe but others do not.
Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker calls on Biden to direct migrants AWAY from his state. Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker has become the latest Democrat to beg President Joe Biden to divert migrants
away from his state. It comes just two years after declaring his state the 'Most Welcoming
State in the Nation' and expanding immigrant protections. Pritzker joins New York City Mayor
Eric Adams and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy among liberals who have professed pro-migrant
policies but asked that they not be housed in their jurisdiction.
Korean
War vet booted to street to make room for illegal immigrants. Another classic cartoon
character is set to be overhauled to fit the modern "woke" times with the tale of Disney's beloved
deer Bambi next up on the chopping block. In the new and improved version, a critical plot
element, the death of the young Bambi's beloved mother who is shot and killed by a human hunter,
could be left out so as to not risk offending the delicate sensitivities of modern audiences.
Writer Lindsey Anderson Beer who is working on the script for the live-action remake of the 1942
big-screen animated film said that today's more "sensitive" generation could have difficulty
dealing with that particular element of the original and suggested that it could be scrapped.
For
Some, Open Border Chaos Is the Goal. Beware, the crisis at the southern border may be
much worse than it appears. Free Apple watches, bus and plane tickets all across the
continental United States, and sophisticated lawyers standing by to counsel migrants on how to best
navigate border officials' scrutiny of asylum on the occasions when they are actually required to
defend their asylum claims. These benefits being offered to illegal border crossers have left
the public shocked, angry, and in many cases, feeling the issue closer to home than ever
before. Many cities and states have also been overwhelmed as the consequences of the crisis
have migrated well beyond the southern border states. Recently, New York City Mayor Eric
Adams made news when he emphatically declared that the now-regular stream of migrants into the Big
Apple "will ruin the City!" It's not just local budgets and social services that are being
squeezed to the breaking point, although those are nothing to sneeze at and will have to be
addressed. The increase in crime may be the biggest concern. Violent crime rates are
up, and violent incidents are prominent on the nightly news.
NYC
steamrolls the elderly to feed the wolves (illegal invaders). Ahead of the 2024
elections, voters throughout the country need to know that Democrat-run New York City is now
taking money away from senior citizen meal programs, day care, and inmate rehabilitation to
squander it on $300 hotel rooms for migrants. As reported by Bloomberg News in June, the
(projected) cost of housing migrants is $4.3 billion between April 2022 and July 2024. [...] Some
asylum seekers are genuine, but most are economic migrants who want to take advantage of the city's
generous welfare programs. If millions of people cross our border every year, and roughly a
quarter million announce their presence as required by law to apply for asylum, the conclusion is obvious.
NYC
to pay over $1 billion in hotel costs for migrants. New York City is bracing for the
impact of the continuing illegal immigrant crisis, with an extended contract deal with local hotels
to house migrants over the next three years at a significant cost of over $1 billion.
According to The New York Post, the revised contract, with a value of approximately $1.365 billion,
is set to cover the rental charges for over 100 hotels repurposed into emergency shelters for
migrants over the next three years. The new cost is about five times the cost of the city's
original hotel contract for housing migrants.
NY
Gov. Kathy Hochul to Migrants: 'If You're Going to Leave Your Country, Go Somewhere
Else'. New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) wants to send a clear message for migrants
who might seek refuge in the Empire State: "Go somewhere else." In an appearance on CNN
Primetime on Wednesday night, Hochul praised President Joe Biden for offering the ability to
work to 470,000 Venezuelan migrants, describing it as a "good approach." But she also
emphasized the importance of restricting the policy to those who arrived in the country before July
31 so as not to incentivize more migrants to make the journey north.
Is
Kathy Hochul late to the game, or are we? For years, warnings were issued, mostly
from Republican conservatives, that it was vital to secure the border. Warnings were sounded
loudly, that there must be limits — such as those imposed by immigration laws.
There is no worldwide right to come to America, and moreover, no right to consume our taxpayer
dollars, nor to overwhelm our community services. Immigration must be orderly and
legal. Borders must not be open. Those who said such things were scorned as
racist. Why, the critics said, our nation was founded on immigration. We are all of us
descendants of immigrants. We can accommodate any and all. Give us your poor, your
huddled masses. And let them vote. It's their right. Where was Kathy Hochul all
those years? Why the sudden change of heart? Wasn't she one of those who wished this
curse upon Texas?
Democrat
Gov. Kathy Hochul goes full right-wing extremist: "We're at our limit. If you're going
to leave your country, go somewhere else". [Tweet with video clip] Remember
years ago when Trump was called a super racist with a side of Hitler for saying basically the same things?
Border
Patrol sticks it to the sanctuary cities. The Border Patrol, which remains focused on
its mission and is generally less corrupted than the rest of the federal workforce, has a little
something to say to all the sanctuary cities out there: [Tweet] Sure, it was done by the
Border Patrol union, and not the agency itself. But it pretty well indicates what the rank
and file are thinking. That may be why we are seeing strange videos like these, this time in
San Diego, which has become the latest dumping ground for Joe Biden's catch-and-release:
[Tweet with video clip]
Socialists
Push New 'Migrant Taxes' for New Yorkers. New Yorkers are angry and fed up over the
illegal crisis in the state. Thanks to Joe Biden's broken border policy, more than 7 million
illegal aliens have flooded over the US border. Just ask Democrat Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez about the mood in the city. The Squad member was shouted down by angry New
Yorkers while in NYC to discuss the crisis. [...] Now, socialist state lawmakers are angling to add
new tax increases to cover the mushrooming cost associated with illegals.
Sanctuary
City Chicago Faces $538M Budget Deficit Over Illegal Immigration. The sanctuary city
of Chicago, Illinois, is facing a massive budget deficit due to illegal immigration, while
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rake in huge sums of taxpayer cash for providing services to
border crossers and illegal aliens. Since the summer of last year, Chicago has seen an influx
of thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens — 13,500 of which are living off
taxpayers in the city's shelter system.
New
Yorkers Aren't Buying It. New York has long been a "sanctuary city," but when
busloads of illegal immigrants began showing up, that changed rapidly. Mayor Eric Adams says
that the presence of 58,000 or so illegal immigrants threatens to destroy the city, and blames the
Biden administration. He's right about that. A group of New York pols that included
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Gerald Nadler, and others toured the Roosevelt Hotel, epicenter of the
fiasco, and held a press conference afterward. It did not go well. They were shouted
down by normal New Yorkers who want their city back. AOC offered the universal Democrat
solution — more money from the federal government, borrowed from our
children! — but the crowd wasn't having it.
They're not here to work.
Only
800 of New York's tens of thousands of illegal immigrants have applied for work
authorization. It has been revealed that out of the tens of thousands of illegal
immigrants that have taken over New York City within the past 18 months, less than two percent have
applied for work visas. Democrats at every level of government continue to say that getting
more work visas will solve the illegal immigration problem in New York. AOC and other
Democrats staged a press conference outside midtown Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel on Friday to speak
about work authorizations, more federal funding, and the American dream, but they were shouted down
by constituents who very clearly want the border closed. According to New York Post, only 800
adult-aged illegal immigrants have filed the necessary paperwork required to obtain work visas
which will allow them to start earning a legal wage. Data shows that there are roughly 60,000
illegal immigrants currently residing in the Big Apple.
Growing
costs of migrant care tied to projected $538 million budget deficit. Mayor Brandon
Johnson announced Wednesday that the city of Chicago is facing a projected $538 million budget
deficit for 2024 — a financial burden his administration blamed in part on the growing
cost of caring for migrants. Since asylum seekers began arriving one year ago, the city is
now hosting at least 13,000 migrants who are living at airports, police stations and shelters
spread across the city. According to latest budget projections released by the Johnson
administration, records show at least $200 million of the deficit stems from special project
costs — which includes caring for new arrivals to the city of Chicago.
It's
not fun being a sanctuary city anymore. Once upon a time, it was so much fun being a
sanctuary city. It made you popular with immigration activists and the self-declared
"enlightened" class. Suddenly, sanctuary cities are about dealing with migrants who accepted
your invitation. As someone said on the TV, it's like inviting a bunch of people for dinner
and then realizing that you can't pay the bill. [...] I don't feel sorry for any of these
Democrats. They played this issue against Governor Greg Abbott in Texas. They preached
tolerance, diversity, inclusion, and everything else. Now, Mayor Eric Adams is threatening to
make budget cuts and the governor of Massachusetts doesn't know what to do.
When
it comes to illegal aliens, Democrat mayors seem deliberately dense. Thanks to Gregg
Abbott's and Ron DeSantis's decision to ship illegal aliens to "sanctuary cities," we got to see a
panicked Mayor Eric Adams announce New York City's potential destruction. It seems the
uncontained influx of illegals has presented the city with a multi-billion-dollar cost to house and
feed them. After available hotel rooms were gone, school gymnasiums, rec centers, and other
facilities were called into use. And then, the master stroke... NYC is starting to ship the
excess to other boroughs, flooding their facilities, parks, and schools. Worse, with school
starting, non-English speaking illegal aliens will fill the classrooms alongside little Johnny,
making the issue even more personal for parents.
NYC
Pays Al Qaeda Terror State $200M to Rent Hotel Rooms to Illegal Aliens. The Roosevelt
Hotel claims that it's the place "where classic elegance meets contemporary luxury". Classic
elegance and luxury at the midtown Manhattan hotel looks like busloads of migrant invaders arriving
and camping outside the golden doors. The scene is no better inside where 41 migrants have
been arrested for beating wives, girlfriends and significant others. There have also been
assaults on employees and an arrest for child endangerment. While the Roosevelt Hotel may
have an old name, Mayor Eric Adams and New York City actually leased it from Pakistan for $220 million.
That amounts to paying $210 per room for each night that an illegal alien invader uses it to smoke meth
or abuse their wives and daughters. The Roosevelt Hotel was named after Teddy. You can imagine
what he would have done if thousands of foreigners had invaded a hotel and turned it into a drug den on
his watch.
Biden
administration officials shift blame for NYC migrant crisis on to Mayor Eric Adams because there is
'no exit strategy'. Biden administration officials have blamed Mayor Eric Adams for
New York's out-of-control migrant crisis as tensions heat up between the Democrat factions.
Department of Homeland Security employees have blasted the mayor's office for having 'no exit
strategy' for the 10,000 refugees the city takes in each month. Their comments are the latest
example of the president's inner circle passing the humanitarian issue like a hot potato to local
officials who in turn shunt responsibility back to the White House.
FEMA
Money Should Go to Disaster-Stricken Americans, Not Illegal Aliens. Federal spending
is hard enough to keep track of at the best of times, but the Biden administration is highly adept
at hiding how it funds an open borders agenda. In a cynical budget negotiation tactic, the
White House now is trying to push through a $40 billion "supplemental" funding bill that holds
bailout money for the Federal Emergency Management Agency hostage to sending billions more to
Ukraine with insufficient accountability. It gets worse. If the White House tactic
works, and Congress coughs up enough aid to Ukraine that rescue money for FEMA can get through,
hundreds of millions of that funding won't go to disaster-afflicted Americans. Instead,
taxpayers' money will provide housing, food, health care, and transportation for illegal immigrants
through grants to activist nongovernment organizations and "sanctuary" cities. That's
right. Even though FEMA grants are meant to help taxpaying Americans prepare for and cope
with hurricanes, fires, and floods, the Biden administration has used these same funds to pay
activist NGOs to settle migrants illegally in the United States.
Let
New York City Die. One of life's pleasures is watching liberalism destroy
itself. Maybe that's mean, but honestly, after all the damage the left has done to the
country, I find it increasingly difficult to [care] when one of the monsters they've unleashed on
the country returns to destroy their castle. I rather enjoy it, actually. In this case,
I'm talking about the illegal alien invasion happening at our southern border. [...] These illegal
aliens aren't going anywhere, at least voluntarily, ever. They need to be forcibly
removed — deported — and Joe Biden is not the man who's going to do
that. He's the one who started this idiotic, destructive game of red rover with the world
through Mexico, he simply does not care about the devastation in his wake — he'll be
long-dead by the time the real price is known, unless he's replaced by someone who actually cares
about Americans. There isn't a Democrat in the country who can be described as someone who
cares about Americans more than illegal aliens. Not one. That's what makes it all
the more sweeter now that we're seeing liberal cities and states suffer the economic pain they
happily supported being forced on conservative areas along the border.
Protests
Erupt in Blue Cities Over Illegal Immigrants as Democrats Reap What They Sow. The
meltdown in blue cities over the busing of illegal immigrants continues, and it's causing Democrats
serious problems. That's good, because it's their fault this is happening. What the
media inaccurately call the "migrant crisis" (these are people who have unlawfully crossed the U.S.
border, not migrants) is battering so-called sanctuary cities, such as New York and Los
Angeles. Imagine how people in Texas and Arizona border cities — such as El Paso,
Yuma, and Eagle Pass — feel. Texas sent a 12th bus full of illegal immigrants to
Los Angeles on Monday. According to KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles, the bus carried "23 men,
20 women, [and] 21 children." "The migrants were from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Russia, and Venezuela," it said.
Chicago
to move migrants from police stations to tent camps before winter under mayor's plan.
Nearly 1,600 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be relocated from Chicago police stations to
winterized camps with massive tents under a plan by Mayor Brandon Johnson, according to a report
released Thursday. The relocations will occur "before the weather begins to shift and
change," Johnson said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times. The tents could hold up to
1,000 migrants, he said, and the camps would provide meals and recreational and educational
programming.
Chicago's
O'Hare Airport [is being] used as a migrant shelter. Chicago leaders are facing
backlash over hundreds of migrants being housed at O'Hare International Airport, one of the
nation's busiest airports. Chicago reporter William Kelly joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to
discuss what the city has been experiencing as a result of the influx of migrants. More than
400 migrants are reportedly being housed in a section of the airport, hidden from public view
behind black curtains, up from 31 at the beginning of August.
Eric goes
full 'racista'. Once upon a time, it was very fashionable to refer to critics of "sanctuary cities"
as racists or "racista." [...] I was called a "racista" on a Spanish-speaking TV interview. What did I do
to earn that? I said that local communities should respect federal laws.
The
chickens come home to roost. New York's mayor, Eric Adams, has issued a cri de
coeur about the reality of Joe Biden's open borders in an off-the-cuff speech to New Yorkers at
a mayoral town hall on the Upper West Side. [Tweet] Unchecked migration will grow ...
and grow — until it will "destroy New York City." "I don't see an ending to
this. This issue ... will destroy New York City." "We're getting 10,000 migrants a
month." "One time we were just getting Venezuela, now we're getting Ecuador" ... and Russia,
western Africa, "people from all over the globe have made their minds up that they gonna come
through the southern part of the border and come into New York City."
And Dallas. And Houston. And Chicago.
Mayor
Adams: illegal immigration will "destroy" NYC. You have to hand it to him.
Mayor Adams pulled no punches last night speaking at (what I believe to be) a town hall.
Adams was responding to a question about the flood of illegal migrants into the city, and he went
on an impassioned rant. [Tweet with video clip] I think I can speak for all of us
when I say: "Welcome to the party pal." The Democrats have treated the illegal immigration
issue as a purely political one — a bludgeon they can use against Democrats to unite the
minority coalition they depend on for votes. Their pitch is: "Republicans oppose illegal
immigration because they are racists who hate all black and brown people. There is no other
reason to do so. Illegal immigration is not a problem; in fact, it makes our country better."
Democrats could argue that because illegal immigration has been a problem mostly for Red states.
Migrants
Are on a Misguided Path of Unchecked Compassion. Americans are privileged to reside
in a land brimming with opportunity, safeguarded by justice, and anchored by inalienable
rights. Tragically, this sanctuary is a rarity in a world where chaos and violence often
reign unchecked. Just beyond our southern border, a daily tempest of turmoil unfolds.
Innocent lives are taken without redress, and mass killings, drug wars, violence, and unspeakable
brutality ravage communities. The dream of a secure and comfortable life becomes a distant
mirage, obscured by a reality where safety and serenity are luxuries that remain, for many, elusive
and unattainable. This impels tens of thousands of migrants every year to make the perilous
journey to the United States in search of a better life. This brings us to New York City, a
sanctuary city where the migrant crisis has reached critical mass.
Texas
sends 12th migrant bus to LA; city may seek legal action despite approving sanctuary
status. Texas sent a 12th bus filled with migrants to Los Angeles, which arrived
Monday morning nearly a week after city leaders voted to pursue legal action against the Lone Star
State. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's office said the bus arrived at about 7:15 a.m. on
Monday at Union Station. FOX 11 in L.A. reported that the bus was carrying migrants,
including 23 men, 20 women and 21 children, all from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Russia and Venezuela.
Abbott
and DeSantis are right - transporting illegal aliens to sanctuary cities works.
Migrant bus number twelve arrived in Los Angeles from Texas on Monday. The passengers were
illegal aliens from 11 families. There were a total of 42, including 21 children. They
came from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Russia, according to
L.A. Welcomes Collective. Sanctuary city Mayor Karen Bass said the city will continue to work
with local departments, the county, nonprofits, and faith leaders to provide for the illegal aliens
using a plan set up earlier this year. They have been given medical attention, legal aid, and
help in reuniting with family members in Southern California. Sounds good, right? Los
Angeles is working its plan on handling illegal aliens arriving in the sanctuary city from a border
state overwhelmed with them. Nonetheless, the Los Angeles City Council is looking into suing
Governor Abbott and Texas to stop the buses from coming to Los Angeles.
Sanctimony
City: NYC's Illegal Immigration Failure. When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
sent two airplanes with 50 illegal aliens to tony Martha's Vineyard (The Massachusetts Island where
the Obamas keep a summer home) last September, the reaction from left wing media and politicians
was universally indignant. For all of the Democrat preening about being sanctuary states and
cities, they weren't really expecting they'd have to offer mass sanctuary to anyone. [...] In
Martha's Vineyard, our elite shooed off the illegals (euphemistically referred to as "migrants" by
advocates, but referred to here as illegal aliens, as virtually all of their asylum claims are
bogus) because Martha's Vineyard allegedly didn't have the resources and institutions to
help. But New York City, increasingly the new destination for busloads of these illegals from
Texas and Florida, cannot make that excuse. And the city operates under a 42 year old
consent decree from a liberal activist New York Judge that obligates the city to supply shelter to
whomever shows up. The New York City illegal alien story is fascinating in that it is
not just a story about failed illegal immigration policy, but about an interlinked series of
leftist policy failures that have left New York worse off. Over the last year, New York City
is estimated to have "welcomed" 100,000 illegal aliens. Mayor Eric Adams, considered a
moderate by NYC standards, is fed up with the influx of illegals, whom he has been housing in
homeless shelters and hotels and even a senior center (whose residents held an embarrassing media
protest outside the facility). In response, Adams has now started moving illegal aliens to
collar cities around NYC, the exact sorts of suburbs in places like Long Island that delivered key
Congressional wins for the GOP in 2022.
National
Guard Activated in Massachusetts as the Left-Wing Chickens Come Home to Roost. The
Democrat Governor of Massachusetts has activated the National Guard following an outcry by aid
groups as the state sees an influx of illegal immigrants due to the Southern Border crisis.
The blue state had been insulated in previous years from the repercussions of lax border policies,
but campaigns by Republican governors to bus illegal immigrants to "sanctuary" jurisdictions have
changed the game. Like in New York, cities in Massachusetts are absorbing thousands of
illegal immigrants as border states continue to be completely overwhelmed.
NYC
Schools Enroll 20K Migrants, None Required to Show Proof of Vaccination. Close to
20,000 migrant children will have been absorbed by New York City's public schools when the school
year starts on Sept. 7. None will be required to show proof of vaccinations when they enroll, as is
required for the children of New Yorkers. On Thursday, New York City officials held a press
conference regarding the state of the more than 100,000 border crossers and illegal aliens that
have arrived in the sanctuary city since the spring of last year.
Governor
Murphy Refuses to Accept NYC Migrants after Vowing to Make New Jersey 'Sanctuary'
State. After the Biden administration teased the idea of relocating New York City
migrants to the Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, the state's Democratic governor
has come out and publicly refused to cooperate. "I don't see any scenario where we're gonna be
able to take in a program in Atlantic City or, frankly, elsewhere in the state," Governor Phil
Murphy said during his appearance on News 12 New Jersey on Thursday night. "We are already seeing
folks in New Jersey that have probably swelled into New Jersey from New York or other locations,
but you need scale, an enormous amount of federal support, resources that go beyond anything we can
afford." "Putting everything else aside, I just don't see it. I would suspect that'll
continue to be the case."
Another
sanctuary city Democrats says his state can't deal with any actual migrants. As
you've no doubt heard by now, Mayor Adams of New York has been kicking up quite a fuss about all of
the migrants that New York City is housing and feeding. And to be fair, the cost of this has
been pretty significant for the city. So despite it's reputation as a sanctuary city, Mayor
Adams has been shipping some of the migrants out to other parts of the state while also demanding
action from the federal government to allow the migrants who are already here to start working
immediately. His criticism of Biden's handling of the crisis led to him being dropped as a
campaign surrogate a few months ago.
New
York's Migrant Situation Is So Out of Control, Biden Wants to Send People to New
Jersey. New York City, which once used to boast about its status as a sanctuary city,
is now struggling with all of the migrants that have come pouring through as a result. The
city has been begging the federal government for help, which appears to have led to a blame game of
sorts, as The New York Times covered earlier this week. When it comes to helping out New York
City, though, the Biden administration has responded by offering up the involvement of another
state entirely as a place to house migrants, New Jersey.
NYC
migrant shelter neighbor says he's 'a prisoner in my own neighborhood,' after cops install
surveillance cameras outside his house. A Staten Island man who lives next door to a
controversial school-turned-migrant shelter says cops seem more focused on keeping tabs on
residents than the site as police beefed up security in the area Tuesday. Scott Herkert, 53,
told The [New York] Post he was baffled as he watched city workers install surveillance cameras
outside his house Tuesday — rather than the shelter at the former St. John Villa
Academy in Arrochar that has already sent hundreds of ticked-off locals to the street in protest.
"I'm in a fishbowl," he said. "I don't recognize my country anymore. They're doing
things in secret, and now I'm the one under a microscope for standing up for what I worked hard
for." "I'm a prisoner in my own neighborhood now," Herkert added.
New
York is bankrupting itself with migrant shelters. Unless you're a local, you may have
never heard of Randall's Island in New York City. It typically doesn't generate a lot of
headlines, but it will soon. It's a nice, small island located between the East River and the
Harlem River and it has public parks, sports fields, and several other amenities. But now
there are massive metallic structures being constructed there where as many as 2,000 illegal
migrants will be housed, courtesy of the taxpayers of the state. Governor Kathy Hochul has
secured funding to provide $20 million per month to cover the cost of the shelter. That works
out to $10,000 per month for every migrant being given a bed there. And the locals can forget
about using the parks and the sports fields.
NYPD
ramps up security at Staten Island migrant shelter as protests rock neighborhood. Cop
cars and barricades surrounded a controversial Staten Island Catholic school-turned-migrant-shelter
Sunday — as police said they are bracing for a rally Monday that could bring more than
2,000 protesters. Many demonstrators outside the former St. John Villa Academy in
Arrochar have claimed they are not anti-immigrant, just concerned about the potential for crime and
angry at city officials for shipping migrants into their neighborhood with little warning.
"The government has to stop doing this to our communities in secret and stop lying about it when
they're confronted," said Scott Herkert, 53, who has lived next to the school for 22 years and was
among about a dozen demonstrators outside it Sunday. "This is a total disruption of my life."
A
taste of their own medicine. [Scroll down] There's nothing new here.
This has been the agenda since the second phase of the civil rights movement began in the
1970s. Forced bussing was largely intended to punish blue-collar Boston Whites, and
Affirmative Action was deliberately designed to antagonize the largest possible number of White job
and higher education seekers. So there's no mystery as to why illegals have been brought into
the country and then deliberately dispatched to blue-collar and middle-class towns across the U.S.
Things like that don't just happen, comrades — they're made to happen. This
takes on a particularly sinister edge when we consider the number of active professional criminals
being brought in from Central American countries — particularly members of El Salvador's
MS-13, one of the most vicious, murderous gangs on the face of the earth. Since the 60s, the
Left has considered career criminals to be the spearhead of the "revolutionary vanguard," crucial
in creating the social chaos and terror that would lead to a revolutionary situation that they, the
leftist elite, could take advantage of.
Welcome
migrants, bye-bye property rights. Anti-borders politicians have created a migrant
crisis all over the United States. Despite proudly proclaiming themselves to be "sanctuary
cities" that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts, places like New York
City and Boston have proven themselves to be profoundly inept at managing the large numbers of
migrants who have responded to their invitation. What are radical, globalist mayors and
lieutenant governors to do when they find themselves with egg on their faces? They expect
regular Janes and Joes to clean up their mess. In June of this year, New York City Mayor Eric
Adams asked everyday New Yorkers to consider housing migrants in spare rooms in their private
residences. More recently, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll
jumped on the bandwagon and appealed to Bay State residents to "host" migrants in "an extra room or
suite." The Big Apple and Beantown are two of the most expensive cities in the United
States. And they have both been whining about housing crises for years.
House
migrants at City Hall, police union president says. Fed up with having Chicago police
officers "babysit" asylum-seekers, Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara on Thursday
proposed an alternative to district stations: allowing hundreds of migrants to sleep in the lobbies
and open hallways at City Hall. "I don't think there's one single one of 'em living in City
Hall — whether it's on the county lobby floor or the City Hall floor. There's
certainly plenty of space to put a couple hundred in there, but I don't see that happening in their
workspace. But they certainly have no problem putting 'em in our workspace," Catanzara
said. "Why be a hypocrite?" Catanzara said it was "so ridiculous" that "there's
actually mail. Migrants are using police district addresses to receive their mail. They
now have CPS out there recruiting migrant children to register for CPS just to have that number in
the next two weeks to grab as much tax revenue as they possibly can. Whether these kids come
to school or not, they don't care. This is all a big game to far too many people."
Mayor Brandon Johnson has made it a priority to, as he put it, "decompress" police stations, but
that appears to be a losing battle.
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Illegal
Immigrants Unleash Chaos in Upscale Manhattan Neighborhood. Native New Yorkers who've
lived in Manhattan for decades say recent migrant arrivals are bringing lawlessness into their
formerly peaceful Upper West Side neighborhood and disrupting a residential building that's home to
elderly people with special needs. The Stratford Arms hotel on W. 70th Street used to
function as a student dormitory, operated by the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). That
is, until May, when "migrants showed up with suitcases," Brenda McIntyre, who's lived on that block
since 2007 and in the city since 1999, told National Review. The kids moved out and relocated
to a building downtown. A couple of hundred illegal immigrants moved in. For roughly 30
years, she said, about twelve handicapped elderly people have called Stratford Arms home. One
resident just turned 98 years old. Now, they're sharing the space with illegal immigrants
placed there by the city, and "they're very stressed out," McIntyre said.
Biden's
DHS Sends over $770M in Taxpayer Money to NGOs, Sanctuary Cities Facilitating Illegal
Immigration. President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas is sending another round of millions in American taxpayer money to
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and mostly sanctuary cities for facilitating illegal
immigration throughout the United States. On Monday [8/21/2023], Mayorkas announced that the
DHS, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), would give 53 NGOs and cities more than $77 million in federal grants for their help in
absorbing border crossers and illegal aliens released into their communities.
Sanctuary
City Chicago Considers Shipping Border Crossers to Suburbs. Chicago, Illinois, Mayor
Brandon Johnson (D) is considering a plan in which the city would bus border crossers and illegal
aliens to surrounding suburbs. According to the Center Square, Johnson said he is working
with Cook County officials as well as other officials from various counties to coordinate a plan
that would send hundreds — potentially thousands — of border crossers and
illegal aliens out of Chicago, a proud sanctuary city. [...] Most recently, as Breitbart News
reported, Chicago officials have refused to disclose a full accounting of more than $120 million
that has been allocated to border crossers and illegal aliens arriving in the city. Many of
those tax dollars are estimated to have ended up in the hands of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) contracted by Chicago officials to facilitate housing and other social services for border
crossers and illegal aliens.
Maine
Governor Wants to Resettle 75,000 Foreign-Born Migrants in Maine by 2029. Maine
Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order Wednesday intended to establish a new migrant
resettlement office, telling the Portland newspaper the administration's goal is to attract 75,000
new workers to Maine. The governor announced the goal as part of the press strategy for
rolling out an executive order that will eventually create the "Office of New Americans," a state
office that will assist with migrant resettlement and integration throughout the state.
NYC
immigrants ticked off about migrants crammed into neighborhood rec center. The
thousands of migrants recently flooding into the Big Apple are facing a new round of
pushback — from New York City immigrants. First-generation Brooklyn immigrants
were up in arms Sunday over City Hall jamming dozens of newly arrived male asylum-seekers into the
Sunset Park Recreation Center, saying the facility has long been a beloved community
staple — until now. "People are really upset from the community," said a
first-generation Chinese immigrant who only gave her name as Chen. "All the people use this
facility from this community.
NYC's
Roosevelt Hotel is Cleared of migrants who have been sleeping on the streets for days.
The once-packed corner of midtown New York City where hundreds of migrants lived on cardboard and
dirty sidewalks pleading to get inside the Roosevelt hotel to be processed was empty Thursday.
City officials remain tight-lipped on exactly how the street corner emptied in just a matter of hours
and where the migrants are today. The corner of East 45th Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in
Manhattan had been the epicenter of the country's migrant influx. Hundreds lined the block
hoping to get inside the makeshift processing center after coming to the area on buses from the south.
Sanctuary
cities were always a fraud. Mayor Eric Adams is finally throwing in the towel.
He admits that the current (non) policy on illegal immigration is a disaster. He doesn't go
far enough, but his capitulation on the issue reveals a more profound truth: "sanctuary"
policies were always a fraud. [...] Cities that had no issue with illegal immigrants flooding their
municipality decided to insult the ones which did, proudly declaring that, unlike the retrograde
border states they were welcoming of diverse "refugees." It was always [untrue]. Joe
Biden's policy of importing illegal migrants by the millions — he is on track to
bringing in a New York City-sized population during his presidency — has started to hurt
even the most remote corners of America, and suddenly having to deal with the burden is a problem.
Central
Park among NYC areas considered to house migrants: 'Everything is on the table'.
Hundreds of asylum seekers remain in place outside of the city's arrival intake center, where many
have waited for days in wait of a place to sleep — if there is one available. Many
of the migrants sleeping on the streets of midtown in front of the Roosevelt Hotel on East 45th
Street and Madison Avenue, most of whom are single men, say their spot in line has not moved
forward as New York City officials look at every possible option to house the new arrivals.
The Editor says...
Fake news alert! They are not "asylum seekers." Almost all of them are freeloaders
and unskilled bums, looking for a free ride on the welfare state's gravy train.
Mayor
Eric Adams Awards Millions to Medical Company to Bus Border Crossers Out of NYC. New
York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has reportedly thrown hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars at a
medical company, tasked previously with testing for COVID-19, to bus border crossers and illegal
aliens out of the sanctuary city. Since the spring of last year, more than 90,000 border
crossers and illegal aliens have arrived in New York City. Adams has long criticized Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for busing migrants to the sanctuary city, but recent reports reveal he
has started a nearly identical busing program.
DOJ sends
millions to jurisdictions that undermine federal law and public safety. In 2021, the
Department of Justice gave out approximately $300 million to sanctuary jurisdictions under three
funding programs — the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), the Byrne
Justice Assistance Grants (JAG), and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
The awards to sanctuaries represented more than 40 percent of the available funding under these
programs. Sanctuary jurisdictions are receiving this funding despite having adopted policies
to hinder cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration
authorities. As a result, the federal government is subsidizing agencies that may be
violating federal law and undermining public safety.
Chicago
residents berate officials over crime from illegal aliens at shelters. Residents of a
Chicago neighborhood angrily denounced their local officials over the crime overflowing from
illegal aliens at a shelter, and some are threatening vigilante violence if nothing is done
soon. More than 50 residents of the Woodlawn neighborhood attended the community meeting at
Apostolic Church of God to express their outrage over prostitution, drug dealing, and violence from
a migrant shelter set up at the former Wadsworth High School building. "I would ask you all to
go out there — go out there at night, in the middle of the night — and see
what goes on," said one woman in tears.
New
York City: A Sanctuary No More. Recently, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced
that the city has printed thousands of flyers it plans to distribute at the U.S.-Mexico
border. The flyer has a simple message to illegal border-crossers: Don't come to New
York. The headline is in all caps: "UPDATES TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK."
The flyer goes on to say that more than 90,000 migrants have come to the city since April of last
year. Now, the handout says, "There is no guarantee we will be able to provide shelter and
services to new arrivals." The flyer goes on to warn, "Housing in NYC is very expensive," as is the
cost of "food, transportation and other necessities." And then the message: "Please consider
another city as you make your decision about where to settle in the U.S."
NYC
doesn't 'sanctuary' anymore. Yes, it's a "shame, dirty shame" but Mayor Eric Adams
can't sanctuary anymore. The mayor is learning that the whole thing about sanctuary cities
was a lot more fun when he was talking about Texas than having to implement it in NY City. [...]
The problem is money, as the mayor faces a perfect storm. The state's tax revenues are reportedly
20% down and no more money is coming from Washington. So it's up to New York, New York. The
mayor wants to make a brand-new start of it and old New York "sanctuary city" is no more.
First of all, they aren't "asylum seekers," they're welfare seekers.
Mayor
Eric Adams says New York City no longer has room to shelter asylum seekers. There are
new developments in New York City's struggle to house recently arrived asylum seekers. Mayor
Eric Adams said Wednesday the city has been carrying the weight of the nation's crisis and now
there is no longer space for new people coming in, citing the absence of state or federal
aid. He said he has put a plan in place that will begin in the next couple of days to help
move current migrants out of shelters to make space for families arriving with children.
El
Paso to Chicago: The popular bus route. We learned yesterday that landlords in
Illinois won't be allowed to consider a future tenant's immigration status. [...] Talking about
creating an incentive to go the Windy City. That Chicago bus seat just got more and more
popular. There are several problems here. First, your immigration status is important
when it comes to your criminal record. I'm sure that most of the migrants do not have a
criminal background. However, the landlord should be allowed to investigate the perspective
tenant. It's a common-sense issue for someone who is going to give you the keys to their
property. Second, how do you evict a person who is in the country illegally? How do you
enforce a lease signed by someone you can't check?
Honduran
Drug Dealers Say They've Flocked to San Francisco Because of Sanctuary Laws. Honduran
drug dealers have made a business hub out of San Francisco due to the progressive city's sanctuary
laws for illegal immigration, fueling the nation's fentanyl epidemic and the visible decline of a
major American city. San Francisco's accommodative approach to illegal immigration makes it
appealing to sell there, Honduran dealers told the San Francisco Chronicle as part of an
in-depth investigation into how Honduran nationals have come to play a dominant role in the city's
drug crisis. Under current San Francisco law, last amended in July 2016, city employees are
forbidden from using city resources to cooperate with any ICE investigation, detention, or arrest
relating to an illegal immigration case. The law also prohibits ICE from placing holds on
local prisoners so they can be deported upon their release from jail, the publication noted.
Sanctuary
State Illinois: Gov. Pritzker Considers Allowing DACA Illegal Aliens to Police Americans as
Cops. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) is considering signing legislation into
law that would allow illegal aliens, enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program, to become police officers in the sanctuary state. Democrat legislators, with a
supermajority in the Illinois House and Senate, passed legislation late last month that would allow
thousands of DACA illegal aliens living in the state to become police officers or deputy sheriffs.
NYC
Milestone: Migrants Outnumber New Yorkers in Homeless Shelters. New York City Mayor
Eric Adams (D) has brought the city to a new milestone with border crossers and illegal aliens now
outnumbering New Yorkers in homeless shelters. According to NBC New York, the city's homeless
shelters are filled more with newly arrived border crossers and illegal aliens than New Yorkers,
the latest figures reveal. "The tipping point took place Sunday, when 50,000 migrants were in
the City's care, outnumbering the 49,700 local shelter residents," NBC New York reports[.]
It's also known as "bluffing."
Eric
Adams Says Offer To House Migrants In Gracie Mansion Was Just Symbolic. Democratic
New York City Mayor Eric Adams backtracked on his vow to house migrants in Gracie Mansion on
Thursday, saying that the "symbolism" of his offer spoke volumes. Adams said earlier in June
that he'd welcome migrants into the five-room Gracie Mansion if city lawyers approved it, but
backtracked Thursday during a press conference with reporters. "Leading the challenge of the
migrant problem is both substantive and symbolic and as I always said, 'Good generals lead from the
front,'" Adams said, according to the New York Post. "They don't send their troops into battle
and ask, 'How was the war?' They lead them into battle. The symbolism of saying, 'I'm
willing to put a homeless family in Gracie' is that symbolism."
Where does Joe Biden come up with $200 million, to spend on anything he wants?
Biden
sends $200 million in tax funds to sanctuary cities helping illegal immigrants. The
Biden administration will shell out $363 million to help cities, states, and nonprofit groups cover
the costs of feeding, sheltering, and transporting illegal immigrants released into the United
States. Department of Homeland Security agencies Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection published on Monday a notice of plans to dole out more U.S. taxpayer
money weeks after it awarded cities and organizations hundreds of millions of dollars.
University
of California plans to hire illegal immigrants. The University of California Board of
Regents recently voted to move forward with plans to hire illegal immigrant students for campus
jobs, despite federal law seeming to prohibit it. The new policy directs a "working group" to
come up with implementation plans by the end of 2023. The change comes after scholars with the
UCLA Center for Law and Immigration Policy, Hiroshi Motmura and Ahilan Arulanaltham, published a
letter that argued the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 does not apply to states.
Arulanaltham told The College Fix via email that he hopes to be involved in implementation of the
new "Equitable Student Employment Opportunities" policy.
No
Pity for Sanctuary Cities That Are Forced to Put Up or Shut Up. We have discussed
many times the fact that whenever one awful Democrat is removed from power, a worse one will step
in and fill the void. The current prime example is the city of Chicago, which gave commie
mayor Lori Lightfoot the boot after one term, only to replace her with Brandon Johnson, a teachers'
union puppet. Johnson is now having to deal with what the Dems like to call a migrant
problem. I'm an old-fashioned guy who has spent his life living in border states, so I would
refer to it as an illegal alien problem. [...] It's easy for a deep blue city more than a thousand
miles away from the Mexican border to proudly proclaim that it's a sanctuary city, all the while
assuming that it won't have to provide sanctuary. Democrats like to think they live in a
world free of consequences. Chicago and New York City have become rather consequence-laden in
the illegal alien department lately.
NYC
Mayor needs to say the words. Seal the border. Things appear to be coming to a
head in New York State this week. Gotham Mayor Eric Adams has pitched (and attempted to
launch) one plan after another to deal with the flood of illegal migrants taking New York City up
on its offer of "sanctuary." His scheme to ship the migrants to suburban and rural counties has
been met with lawsuits and state of emergency declarations. Just yesterday, another county
introduced what it called "extreme measures" to shut down Adams' plans. The scheme he cooked up
with Governor Hochul to stuff the migrants in SUNY college dormitories was met on Wednesday [5/24/2023]
with new state legislation to block it. At the New York Post, Michael Goodwin calls on the Mayor
to do what he should have done at the outset of this debacle. Adams needs to meet with Joe Biden
and demand that he seal the [...] border and send these migrants home.
NY
Governor Hochul floats idea of housing illegals in dorms at state universities. As
long as it was red states Texas and Florida bearing the brunt of massive Biden-era illegal
immigration, blue state Dem politicians were happy to claim that only heartless xenophobes and
racists could possibly object to open borders. But when Texas and Florida started shipping a
comparative few to places like Martha's Vineyard, Chicago, and New York City, it got very
awkward. Hoping that nobody would notice that only a comparative trickle of illegals was
coming their way compared to, say, El Paso, they declared a crisis. And started to have to
make difficult choices. Using state college dorms has a huge risk if the invaders are still
in residence when students return. Forcibly evacuating them (to where?) would make for some
awfully bad visuals. And what about the summer school students staying in dorms?
Illegal drugs and alcohol abuse problems, as well as sex in the stairwells have been all over the
hotels whch are being used to hold invaders. After all, none of these people have been
vetted, unlike the students who have to pass admissions scrutiny.
Footage
shows overflowing Chicago police precincts turned into migrant shelters. Footage is
going viral showing police precincts across Chicago overflowing with illegal immigrants, with many
having been transformed into makeshift shelters. Personal items, luggage, and plastic bags
litter the precincts as illegal immigrants carve out areas with bedding in the precincts, according
to a report citing videographer Rebecca Brannon. Brannon filmed the scenes on Sunday, and
immigrants can be seen listening to music while children scurry around playing. [Tweet]
"Numerous Chicago police stations are serving as makeshift shelters for migrants and are dealing
with bed bugs, illnesses, food and basic healthcare shortages," she tweeted.
New
York City is quietly pulling up the drawbridge for illegals. Despite its wealth, New
York City's leaders seem to recognize that their own money is not bottomless. As migrants
keep pouring into the city and Joe Biden fails to deliver any money to pay for them, they're
quietly pulling back the city's welcome mat. [...] The pattern is obvious — New York
City is full and the city is running out of money and hotel space and even income from tourists to
take any more. Each migrant displaces a tourist who might have rented that hotel space and
brought in income for the city.
Report:
Illegal Alien Rape Suspect Freed by Obama's DHS, Stayed in U.S. Thanks to Sanctuary County.
An illegal alien, charged with raping a teenage girl and a woman at a Maryland hiking trail, was reportedly
released into the United States by former President Obama's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before
taking advantage of a local sanctuary policy to stay in the U.S. after a criminal conviction. Jose
Roberto Hernandez Espinal, a 20-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested and charged with
first-degree rape, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, armed robbery, and kidnapping for allegedly
raping a 15-year-old girl and a woman at a hiking trail in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The
Absurdities of Our Age. Did we not fight a Civil War to reestablish that states and
locales could not ignore federal laws? Why did 550 local and state jurisdictions, in old
Confederate South Carolina style, declare with impunity that federal immigration law did not apply
in their territories? Does the Left now believe in such neo-Confederate principles?
Would it applaud counties that rendered federal endangered species, or handgun-control statutes
null and void in their jurisdictions? Or do we now declare some nullifications good and
others bad, depending on our own politics? How did the Biden Administration simply suspend
all immigration law to greenlight 6-7 million illegal entries across the southern border since
January 2021? Did Biden not take an oath to execute our laws faithfully? Does any president
now have the right to order the executive branch not to execute entire bodies of federal law?
NYC
Mayor Adams: Migrants should be sent to every city 'throughout the entire country'.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, said in a new interview Sunday that migrants from the
U.S.-Mexico border should be sent to every city "throughout the entire country." "We have
108,000 cities, villages, towns. If everyone takes a small portion of that, and if it's
coordinated at the border, to ensure that those who are coming here to this country in a lawful
manner is actually moved throughout the entire country, it is not a burden on one city," Adams said
in an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday [5/21/2023].
The Editor says...
The people "who are coming [...] to this country in a lawful manner" and with lawful intentions are not
the problem. The majority of Americans don't want to accomodate those who sneak across the border to
evade arrest, those who have no skills and no desire to work and are coming here just to sign up for
welfare benefits, those who are coming here just in time to give birth to an "anchor baby," those who are
going to send all their money back to Mexico (or farther south) instead of spending it in the U.S., those
who are here to sell drugs and rob convenience stores, those who refuse to speak English, those who
are infested with bugs and contagious diseases, those who don't know how to drive a car but insist
on trying, and those who are going to vote as soon as they get a chance. Also problematic:
military-age Chinese men and middle-eastern Muslim men. Both of those groups are much more likely
to have come here to take over the country than to work peacefully, pay taxes, and assimilate.
Democrats'
ultimate NIMBYism — sanctimonious cities. Democrats are squawking because
their bluff has been called on illegal immigration. Lori Lightfoot, ousted mayor of Chicago,
and Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, wrote recently to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to complain
about his busing of aliens to their doorsteps from the Mexican border. "We simply have not
more shelters, spaces, or resources," bleated Lightfoot, adding that it was an attempt to "cause
chaos and score political points." That is true and is well done for being so. Democrats,
with their virtue signaling on illegal immigration, led by President Joe Biden making a dog's
breakfast of border security, are causing chaos and trying to score political points against Republicans.
Chicago's
Brandon Johnson: 'Wicked,' 'Unconscionable' for Texas to Send Border Crossers to Sanctuary
Cities. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) says it is "wicked" and "unconscionable"
for Texas to bus thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens to the sanctuary city. This
week, on his first official day as mayor, Johnson visited border crossers and illegal aliens who
are living inside city police stations on the ground.
NYC
Mayor: Maybe this sanctuary city thing wasn't such a good idea. New York City has
been learning about what it really means to be a sanctuary city this year and Mayor Eric Adams
doesn't care for it. With hundreds of illegal migrants arriving every day, he has already
stated that they have run out of places to put them. But the city put a "sanctuary" law in
place long before he arrived in office, so he doesn't have many options. Yesterday, Adams
sought to change that situation. Instead of finding more housing, he went to court to ask a
judge to "revisit" the law and "halt" the policy. Presumably, if he gets his wish, he will be
able to start turning away migrants as they arrive. Where he would send them instead remains
a mystery.
Parents
outraged as 6 more NYC schools to house migrants in gyms. At least six more Big Apple
schools are set to start temporarily housing migrants in their gyms, prompting all hell to break
loose Monday among parents frantic over safety and potential learning disruptions. "To bus
people to our school and expect the community to absorb them is just insane," fumed Virginia Vu, a
PTA member and parent at Brooklyn's MS 577 in Williamsburg — adding some parents have
already threatened to at least temporarily pull their kids out of the sixth-through-eighth grade
school. "We care about asylum-seekers, and we're proud our city is a 'sanctuary city' —
but housing asylum seekers on school grounds is absolutely unacceptable," she said.
Homeless
vets are being booted from NY hotels to make room for migrants: advocates. Nearly two
dozen struggling homeless veterans have been booted from upstate hotels to make room for migrants,
says a nonprofit group that works with the vets. The ex-military — including a
24-year-old man in desperate need of help after serving in Afghanistan — were told by
the hotels at the beginning of the week that their temporary housing was getting pulled out from
under them at the establishments and that they'd have to move on to another spot, according to the
group and a sickened local pol. "Our veterans have been placed in another hotel due to what's
going on with the immigrants,'' said Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation.
3 new
buses of migrants arrive as NYC plans to use Brooklyn school gym for housing. Three
more buses carrying asylum seekers arrived at Port Authority on Saturday morning as backlash
continues against New York City's plans on where to house the migrants. Earlier this week
there were growing protests at Mayor Eric Adams' plan to send migrants north to hotels in the
Hudson Valley, and now a new plan announced Friday is drawing criticism as well. The Coney
Island community in Brooklyn is the latest to express a sense of outrage over the plan to house
migrants at a school gym. One of the biggest complaints is that the city has waited until the
last minute to inform elected officials of the relocation plans for asylum seekers.
NYC
Mayor Adams considers abandoned prison, asks property owners to house influx of migrants.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly considering housing migrants in a shuttered Hudson Valley
prison. He considered the idea in call with county officials Thursday, as New York City struggles
to find accommodations for thousands more asylum-seekers expected to arrive following the expiration of
the federal border policy Title 42, according to an audio tape obtained by Politico. Adams
in the call said his administration needs help from neighboring counties as the city has already provided
housing, food and other services to over 65,000 asylum-seekers over the past year. Adams in the
call didn't rule out the suggestion from Newburgh Supervisor Gil Piaquadio that the mayor consider vacant
housing at SUNY New Paltz as well as the shuttered Downstate Correctional Facility in nearby
Fishkill, Dutchess County, Politico also reports.
Chicago
residents launch legal action over plans to house 500 illegal immigrants inside a shuttered high
school. Furious residents of Chicago have filed a lawsuit against the city after it
announced plans to house illegal immigrants in a disused high school in the South Side. The
old South Shore High School is expected to become a temporary holding space for up to 500 migrants,
but officials have not clarified for how long. The lawsuit was filed after on May 4 hundreds
of South Shore residents packed into an auditorium and bombarded local officials with criticism
over plans to house the migrants in the school, complaining about safety and a lack of consultation.
Black
Chicagoans got something to say about migrants. Let's just clear the air right from
the beginning and settle the matter — by the definition laid down by the Democratic
Party and their Progressive masters, the people you will read about and see in the following posts
are racists, pure and simple. I don't care what you've heard about skin hue determining
racist proclivity — they are racists by their own party's repeated
guidelines. That's how this works. Their rules, not ours. [...] Hey! You
Chicagoans are all are so proud of your Sanctuary City status, well... what's the problem?
Are you or aren't you a sanctuary?
Is Chicago a "sanctuary city" or not?
Lightfoot
declares State of Emergency over Chicago immigrant surge. Chicago Mayor Lori
Lightfoot issued a State of Emergency declaration on Tuesday due to a surge in immigrants arriving
in Chicago from Texas. According to the mayor's office, the situation amounts to a "national
humanitarian crisis" that is "exceeding the City's ability to manage" the influx of over 8,000
migrants who have arrived since last August. [...] Governors in southern states, who say the
government has left them to pick up the expense of housing and giving healthcare to undocumented
migrants crossing the border, have sent busloads to large cities which boasted of being "sanctuary
cities." The arrivals have overwhelmed Chicago's shelters, according to the Chicago
Tribune. Lightfoot said the city's resources have been stretched "to the breaking point."
150,000
migrants expected to cross the US border as Title 42 ends, and blue city mayors prepare for more
buses. The scope of this disaster really is amazing. With Title 42 set to end
Thursday the everyone from border state governors to blue city mayors is getting ready for a new
influx of migrants. There may not be a long wait because more than a hundred thousand people
are already camped out on the Mexican side of the border waiting for the right moment. [...] So
150,000 people on the doorstep and maybe more than that on the way. Shelters in Tijuana are
overflowing. The director of migrants affairs said a "humanitarian crisis" is near.
New
York City Is Shelling Out $8 Million Per Day To House Migrants. New York City is
shelling out roughly $8 million a day to provide shelter for 37,500 migrants, officials said during
a city council meeting Monday [5/8/2023]. On average, the city is projected to spend an average
of $256 to house each individual migrant per day in Department of Homeless Services shelters, Park
said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing migrants to New York City in August and is
expected to increase the transports following the end of Title 42, the Trump-era expulsion order.
It's almost as if they didn't consider the potential consequences.
Illegal
Aliens Cost City Taxpayers Billions in Free Care. Sanctuary cities are money pits for
taxpayers — who knew? Care of illegal aliens is costing cities — and
thus local taxpayers — across the country billions of dollars. Chicago Mayor Lori
Lightfoot (D) recently whined about having to care for too many illegals being bused from Texas,
and New York City is also struggling. New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) angrily noted in
April that the illegal migrant crisis has "destroyed" NYC. Ironically, both New York City and
Chicago are or were sanctuary cities, run by radical Democrats. It turns out woke
emotionalism gets very expensive to maintain. And who has to pay the most for it?
Taxpaying citizens, of course. That's the Biden border crisis.
Beleaguered
Democrat Exposes the Open Borders Scam. When is a sanctuary city not a
sanctuary? When it's declared by a poser more interested in appearing charitable than
actually being charitable. The Democrat party is infested with such shameless actors.
They sanctimoniously claim moral superiority over the MAGA masses, while they go about destroying
all that is good about America — using illegal immigration as a tool. It turns out
that Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago mayor, is one such poser — just like the
"humanitarians" on Martha's Vineyard. Her city of Chicago is officially designated as a
sanctuary city — prohibiting local law enforcement from working with Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to deport illegal aliens. But it turns out that Chicago
isn't as welcoming as the "sanctuary" declaration would imply. Mayor Lightfoot has exposed
her insincerity through a running verbal battle with Texas governor Greg Abbott. It seems
Governor Abbott has been offering illegal aliens in Texas free bus tickets to sanctuary cities.
Nearby
Counties Disagree with Eric Adams's Plan To Relocate Illegal Aliens Out Of NYC. New
York City Mayor Eric Adams recently slammed Biden's border policy, indirectly, by claiming that the
migrant crisis is 'destroying' the city. Adams is finally experiencing what people who live
near the border have known for years. Adams says New York is at a breaking point due to the
number of migrants who keep arriving in the city and needing services. It was recently reported
that it's costing New York City up to $5 million dollars a day to house and feed illegal immigrants.
Might
as Well Put Them to Use: Chicago Police Stations Become Migrant Shelters. At last,
the Left has found a use for police stations that is consistent with its guiding principles and
overall philosophy. Chicago is a showcase city for far-Left policies. Crime is through
the roof, drug use is rampant, and the police are cowed, defensive, and defanged. But now the
city, in its infinite Marxist/Leninist wisdom has found a new use for the police stations that have
become largely ceremonial in outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot's (and soon to be incoming Mayor Brandon
Johnson's) Chicago: they're being used to shelter illegal migrants. How wonderfully
fitting. Fox News reported Wednesday that "Chicago police sources say that their stations
have become shelters for migrants, with at least two police precinct lobbies housing asylum
seekers." How enlightened! How progressive!
Chicago
mayor calls on Texas to cease sending migrants to the city. Chicago Mayor Lori
Lightfoot is urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to not follow through with his "inhuman and
dangerous" plan to send more migrants and asylum seekers from his southern state to her city.
The outgoing Chicago mayor made her appeal to the Republican governor in a letter Sunday, stating
that they are aware Texas is planning as soon as Monday to start sending migrants to Democrat-led
cities including Chicago. "Chicago is a Welcoming City and we collaborate with county, state
and community partners to rise to this challenge, but your lack of consideration or coordination in
an attempt to cause chaos and score political points has resulted in a critical tipping point in
our ability to receive individuals and families in a safe, orderly and dignified way," Lightfoot wrote.
Mayor
Eric Adams Surrenders New York City's Title of 'Sanctuary City'. When Republican
border governors began busing illegal aliens that the federal government released into their states
to northern big cities like New York, Washington, and Chicago, the Democratic mayors in those
cities whined incessantly that they were being forced to make good on their promises to be a
welcome haven for illegal aliens. Actually, their whine was more of a political attack.
"It is unimaginable what the governor of Texas has done, when you think about this country, a
country that has always been open to those who were fleeing persecution," New York City Mayor Eric
Adams said. "We've always welcomed them. And this governor is not doing that in Texas.
But we are going to set the right tone of being here for these families." That was in August
of last year. Adams has now changed his tune and decided not to welcome any more
illegals — despite constantly bragging about New York being a "sanctuary city."
Deporting
Fentanyl Dealers Violates Sanctuary City Policies, Says SF Supervisor. San Francisco
County Supervisor Shamann Walton told San Franciscans this week the U.S. shouldn't deport illegal
immigrant drug dealers for selling fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid that was largely
responsible for nearly 2,000 drug overdose deaths in the city since 2020. "There's been a drug
issue in this country for a very long time. But there's no way we're going to stand by and
allow people to say that one race or immigrants are responsible for these fentanyl deaths," Walton
said at a rally on the steps of City Hall on Feb. 28. Walton defended the city's sanctuary
policies that prohibit city authorities from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) in response to a proposal by Supervisor Matt Dorsey to add fentanyl crimes to a list of
violent crimes the city uses for cooperating with ICE.
San
Francisco DA wants exception to sanctuary city law for two criminals guilty of 'unspeakable crimes'.
Brooke Jenkins is the San Francisco DA who replaced recalled DA Chesa Boudin. She considers herself a progressive
but her critics and even her supporters realize she's a lot more of a law and order DA than her predecessor. Today
the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Jenkins is hoping to convince the city to grant exceptions to its sanctuary
city law to allow her to prosecute two criminals she said were wanted for "unspeakable crimes."
When
We Describe America's Largest Cities As "War Zones", We Aren't Exaggerating One Bit. Denver was once such
a nice place to live. So what happened? Unfortunately, it appears that illegal immigration is fueling much
of the crime that is happening in the Mile High City, and every year it just gets even worse.
Even
Migrants Now Find Sanctuary Cities Unlivable. Until very recently, it was considered self-evident that
those entering the United States illegally were coming to improve their quality of life. There was plenty of
supporting evidence, as things we consider standard here — indoor plumbing, air conditioning, and Wi-Fi, to
name a few — are still luxuries in most developing countries. In the Biden era of immigration, however,
the sharp contrast between the two worlds is deteriorating. While the United States still has the creature
comforts one would expect from an established superpower nation, years of tolerance for unchecked illegal migration now
has some arrivals reconsidering the wisdom of their decisions to make the journey here. In New York City, the
epicenter of current migrant bus tragicomedy, a growing number of foreign nationals reportedly have decided to get on
another bus — all the way out of the United States and into Canada.
NYC
and Illegal Aliens Quit on Each Other, City Now Sending Them to Border. Liberals are fond of saying they
are for welcoming illegal aliens and for sanctuary cities. But when those illegal aliens are sent to sanctuary
cities like New York or liberal holiday bastions like Martha's Vineyard, then suddenly you get meltdowns and accusations
that shipping people there is "human trafficking." That's what liberals accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of
when he shipped just fifty people to Martha's Vineyard. NYC Mayor Eric Adams threw fits when he didn't even get
anywhere near the numbers that have been flooding into smaller less equipped border towns in Texas. Now in what
has to be a true exercise in hilarious irony, it looks like both NYC and the migrants have had enough of each other and
NYC is engaging in a little "human trafficking" of its own.
Who could not have predicted this?
Migrants
turn NYC hotel into violent, drug-infested 'free-for-all': employee. A once-trendy Manhattan hotel has
become a wild "free-for-all" of sex, drugs and violence after the city began housing migrants there, an employee claimed
Tuesday [1/31/2023]. Row NYC worker Felipe Rodriguez — who told The Post earlier this month that
migrants were throwing away "tons" of prepared food at the hotel — said the facility has now descended into
anarchy. "Chaos, total chaos," Rodriguez told "Fox & Friends" when asked to describe conditions at the hotel.
"There's no accountability. There is no daily supervision to show these people that ... 'You don't destroy your
hotel. You are only there temporarily. This is not your home.'
There seems to be a little misunderstanding:
Migrants
Refuse to Leave NYC Hotel, Demand Taxpayers Give Them 'Permanent Homes'. Border crossers, who arrived in
New York City on buses from Texas, are refusing to leave a luxury Manhattan hotel that city officials had placed them
in. Over the weekend, city officials sought to move migrants out of the Watson Hotel in the Hell's Kitchen
neighborhood of Manhattan and to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal where Mayor Eric Adams has constructed a massive shelter
for new arrivals. Many of the border crossers staying at the Watson Hotel, paid for by taxpayers, are refusing to
leave and have instead set up a homeless encampment outside the hotel. There, they are demanding the city "cancel
rent" and provide them with "permanent homes."
Migrants
refuse to leave NYC hotel for relocation to Brooklyn. Immigration activists are stirring the pot in New
York City. Migrants were scheduled to be moved from the Watson Hotel in Hell's Kitchen on Sunday night, but they
refused to leave. They are to be moved to a new shelter in Brooklyn with all the same services they receive at the
hotel. It's not good enough. The new shelter is at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Mayor Adams announced
last week that the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal would be a migrant mega-shelter. It will hold up to 1,000 single adult men.
So
where does that migrant entitlement mentality come from? As if the cost alone weren't enough to make the
millions of illegal migrants brought in by Joe Biden's open borders unpopular here, the ingratitude and entitlement
mentality of these illegals now seals the deal. [...] But there's more to it than just leftists putting ideas into empty
migrant heads. News reports say that many of the migrants refusing to move are Venezuelan, denizens of the country
that was turned into a socialist dump by the late unlamented Hugo Chavez who really had a thing against private
property, or paying at all for anything. The sign featured above has a small Colombian flag and that country has
significant cultural crossover with Venezuela, as well as its own newly elected Chavista president, the loathesome
leftist ex-guerrilla, friend, and imitator of Chavez, Gustavo Petro. Odds are good that these migrants demanding
as beggars to be choosers of what kind of "free" housing they expect to get were infused with that entitlement mentality
from the day they were born, because entitlement to housing was pretty much all they ever heard about the topic from
their socialist leaders in that free press-deprived hellhole.
The Editor says...
In other words, Joe Biden is actively or passively importing tens of thousands of surly and presumptuous Communists demanding
free stuff. It is as if Cloward and Piven occupy the White House.
New
York Learns What Consequences Are After Illegal Immigrants Occupy a Hotel. New York is currently learning
the hard way that actions have consequences after a large group of illegal immigrants occupied a hotel, causing the
city's government and residents to decry the situation. Per Fox News, the illegal immigrants were scheduled to be
relocated to a new "migrant relief center" but refused to vacate the free rooms they were given. An encampment was
also set up outside the hotel's lobby. [...] There are several cities that deserve everything they are getting in regard
to what the left calls the "migrant crisis," and New York is at or near the top of the list. The city designated
itself a "sanctuary city" years ago, something its politicians and residents were keen to brag about when it had no real
effect on their lives. Now that illegal immigrants are beginning to overwhelm the system, though, it's suddenly a problem.
Don't
blame the migrants, blame the lefty activists filling them with nonsense. Why do the adult male migrants
now refusing to give up on their luxury accommodations at the Watson Hotel in Hell's Kitchen act and sound suspiciously
like American activists on the same issue? Because activists are deeply involved in the standoff itself —
and with the larger effort to ramp up illegal migration, leaving Mayor Eric Adams (and others) to deal with the resulting
humanitarian catastrophe. Like Sergio Tupac Uzurin, an activist with NYC ICE Watch who's been front and center
protesting the migrant move. He claims that some migrants who saw the Brooklyn facility they're being moved to
called it a "refugee camp." Wow, that's the exact same term used by lefty critics of Adams' other migrant
facilities. What a coincidence!
This migrant
mess is ruining NYC's Midtown. Why is Mayor Eric Adams destroying Midtown? The pulsing heart of the
city, the theater, restaurant and tourism district, has not fully recovered from the COVID lockdown yet is already full
of homeless hotels with their associated problems. Now the mayor has announced he's going to turn yet another
hotel into a shelter for illegal migrants in the middle of the Theater District. The Paramount Hotel, a 600-room,
Renaissance-style gem opposite the Richard Rodgers Theatre where "Hamilton" has been playing since 2015, is the fifth
Midtown hotel converted to an "emergency" shelter in as many months. Earlier this month, tourists were paying $330
a night to stay there and prices hit as high as $1,000 around New Year's Eve.
You brought your problems upon yourself.
Eric
Adams: 'Unfair' for Sanctuary Cities to Carry the Weight of the Border Crisis. New York City Mayor Eric
Adams (D) once again took to the airwaves to say Democratic cities who declared themselves to be a sanctuary for illegal
immigrants are being stretched thin due to the large number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. New York
City has had to open a fifth shelter for recent arrivals from the southern border, which is in addition to using hotels
and homeless shelters to house people coming from Latin America and even parts of Asia. "Well, I believe that when I
took the trip to El Paso, you can see firsthand the impact of how it not only harm the foundation of El Paso, but look
at Chicago, Houston, Washington, New York City, this is just unfair for cities to carry the weight of a national
problem," Adams told MSNBC on Wednesday. "We're going to open for more hotels, emergency hotels... This as a
major financial impact on New York City and cities across this country that are receiving the brunt of it." Adams
said the Biden White House claims there is a person who is in charge of helping American cities with the immigration
problem, but he does not who the person is.
Mayor
Eric Adams: 'No More Room' for Border Crossers in Sanctuary City NYC. New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D)
says there is simply "no more room" for border crossers and illegal aliens in the sanctuary city after tens of thousands
have arrived since the spring of last year, most sent by Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on buses. Adams,
who traveled to El Paso, Texas, on Monday to get a first-hand account of the record-breaking number of illegal
immigrants arriving each month under President Joe Biden's watch, said New York City has "no more room" before
suggesting that New Yorkers have an "obligation" to the world's migrants to care for and foot the bill for their
public services.
New
York City Mayor Eric Adams Pressures Gov. Kathy Hochul To Push Migrants Upstate. Democratic New York
City Mayor Eric Adams pushed Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to relocate Hispanic migrants to the Upstate New
York area on Sunday. After months of struggling with the influx of illegal migrants sent from Texas to NYC, Adams
advocated for Hochul to move the migrants to the Upstate area. "Some of our cities are suffering. They're
losing populations," Adams stated while addressing the border from El Paso, Texas, the New York Post reported. [Tweet]
NYC
mayor Eric Adams says the city is at 'breaking point' as 400 asylum seekers arrive EACH DAY. New York City
Mayor Eric Adams said the city has reached its 'breaking point' as 400 asylum seekers arrive at the Big Apple every
day. Adams has submitted an emergency mutual aid request to the state and Gov. Kathy Hochul asking for
immediate help over the weekend to house the incoming migrants. 'We are at our breaking point,' Adams said. 'Based
off our projections, we anticipate being unable to continue sheltering arriving asylum seekers on our own.
What does "sanctuary city" really mean?
Mayors Adams and Lightfoot
demand Colorado stop sending migrants. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis informed New York City this week
that he'd be sending more buses full of migrants in the near future. The story made news after Mayor Adams of NYC
complained about it during a radio interview Tuesday. But according to Gov. Polis, the buses full of migrants
aren't new. He's been "helping asylum seekers reach their final destinations" for weeks. He says there is a
backlog of migrants wanting to leave Denver and head to New York but because of a recent storm they were stuck in
Denver. Now he's trying to undo that backlog.
Biden's
Sanctuary Country: Fewer than 30K Illegal Aliens [were] Deported from American Communities in 2022. Fewer
than 30,000 illegal aliens, including just about 23,000 convicted criminals, were deported from American communities in
Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) figures reveal. President Joe Biden's
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the annual ICE report during the holiday weekend, showing significant
cuts to interior immigration enforcement compared to prior years, such as 2017, 2018, and 2019.
The
Denver Mayor is Unhappy that He's Getting What He Asked for. Many Democrat chief executives declare their
city or state jurisdictions as sanctuaries, theoretically rolling out the red carpet to illegal immigrants. At
least until the immigrants show up on their doorstep, at which time the Democrats quickly change their tunes,
closing their doors to migrants or quickly sending them to someone else's back yard. Governor Ron DeSantis gave
Martha's Vineyard a chance to live up its self-proclaimed sanctuary status by sending 48 migrants their way, only to
have residents and officials immediately turn into MAGA racists by shipping the migrants far from their self-proclaimed
virtuous sanctuary island. Closer to my home in Denver, similar hypocrisy was on display when the city got exactly
what it asked for, and like the dog chasing and catching the car, discovered that they didn't know what to do once they
got what they wanted.
Now the rubber meets the road: Is it a Sanctuary City or not?
Officials
fear migrants will come to New York City in droves after Title 42 expires on Wednesday. There are new
fears that New York City could be hit with a surge of migrants. This week, Title 42, a policy that has kept many
asylum seekers from entering the country, is set to expire. Mayor Eric Adams is warning that there could be
upwards of 1,000 migrants bused into the city each and every week, if the policy is allowed to expire. It's not
clear how he arrived at that number, but it is clear that there is concern the system could be overwhelmed. The
U.S.-Mexico border has been packed with migrants desperate to get in. Few have managed to cross over. Most
are kicked out under the Centers for Disease Control's Title 42 policy that was enacted during the Trump administration
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Violent
crime comes to previously peaceful and safe Martha's Vineyard. And guess why. Last Thursday,
November 17, minutes after it opened for the day, a small bank in the island town of Vineyard Haven was invaded by
three armed masked men. They threatened, subdued and duct taped the employees and proceeded to make off in a
stolen car with an undetermined amount of cash — after brandishing semiautomatic handguns to intimidate the
bank personnel. Nothing like this crime has ever been seen on Martha's Vineyard. Previously, the crime rate
on the small island off the southern coast of Massachusetts was almost non-existent, confined to things like DUIs and
the occasional passing of a bad check. But now, like many other blue communities that have declared themselves to
be sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, things are changing. [...] This island-wide welcome mat has resulted in the
presence of hundreds if not thousands of migrants who now seem to be close to outnumbering the American
citizens — most of them working- or middle-class — who reside year-round on the island. This
radical and sudden demographic shift has been largely ignored by the island's news media.
El
Paso mayor stops sending migrant buses to sanctuary cities. What is going on in El Paso? Like many
cities and towns in Texas, El Paso has a problem with the number of illegal immigrants flowing into the city from the
porous southern border. Mayor Oscar Leeser finds himself in the center of a controversy of his own making in how
El Paso is dealing with the illegal immigrants. Americans are surprised to learn that El Paso has been bussing
illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities and being reimbursed by FEMA for the expenses. Now it is reported that
Mayor Leeser is ending the program after it has been exposed.
Eight
things that killed the Democrat Party. [#7] Illegal Immigration: From day one, the borders were flung open
by the Democrat Party to drug traffickers, murderers, and myriad other miscreants in the hope they would be new Democrat
votes. As a result, crime is rampant, blue cities under Democrat rule are suffering and homelessness is on the
rise, all the while Biden spokespeople are claiming the "border is closed." Squealing like stuck pigs, places like New
York City which have reluctantly become home to Texas' illegals, have seen a marked inability to safely house the very
illegals they claim to have wanted to live in their "sanctuary city."
Migrants?
Send them to sanctuary cities. It's astonishing how little the progressive wing of the Democratic Party
realizes how much their sanctimony turns off the folks who don't live in big cities where its hold on power is virtually
unchallengeable. [...] Take the recent tweak some liberal party funders got from Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who
managed to divert a planeload of illegal immigrants destined for temporary resettlement in his state to Martha's
Vineyard, a pretentious enclave rich and super-rich progressives including former President Barack Obama and his wife,
Michelle, can call home during the summer months. The expressions of outrage were palpable, particularly from the
brie-eating, wine-swilling, EV-driving privileged types who regard their beachfront homes as their sacred sanctuary,
well removed from the cares of daily life and the challenge of urban living. These are the same people, mind you,
who vote for and donate to politicians who advocate immigration amnesty, oppose border control efforts, and are proud of
the fact they own property or reside in "sanctuary cities" that refuse to cooperate with the federal government's
attempts to enforce immigration laws. They didn't welcome these homeless migrants with open arms. No, they
gave them the "not in my backyard" treatment. No surprise there, really, since they're all about appearances
rather than reality. But it says a lot about how far they are removed and have removed themselves from the reality
of daily life in America. This is why it was so helpful for Mr. DeSantis to rub their faces in the ongoing problem.
VP
Harris: Sending migrants to sanctuary cities is inhumane. Vice President Kamala Harris is calling on red
state governors to accept the consequences of open border policies. In a Vice interview, Harris railed against
Republican governors on a number of issues. After claiming that America can't fight for democracy without federal
abortion laws, Harris redirected her ire towards the federally shared migrant burden. Specifically, the Democrat
was not fond of migrants being shipped to her home, [on the grounds of] the Naval Observatory. Unlike the rest of
the country, Harris's doors were closed to non-residents. She further lambasted governors Greg Abbott (R-Texas)
and Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) for shipping illegal entrants into the country to sanctuary jurisdictions such as Chicago and
Washington D.C. Cities that once prided themselves on welcoming migrants have found it difficult to support
individuals who have entered the United States with nothing.
Martha's
Vineyard Residents Wallow in Their Disgusting Hypocrisy. The demonstration was just one of many hard
knocks Vineyard residents have endured since 48 mostly Venezuelan migrants were removed from the "sanctuary" island by
the National Guard last Friday. After receiving basic support, but no invitations to stay on an island where
63 percent of homes are vacant in the offseason, the migrants now reside at Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC), a military
installation in mainland Massachusetts. Critics have been relentless in calling out Vineyard hypocrisy. As a
"sanctuary" jurisdiction in a self-proclaimed "sanctuary" state, Martha's Vineyard joined other such places, which
promise never to inform on migrants to immigration authorities. Yet it did precisely that the second even a small
number of them appeared in their midst. The Vineyard community allowed the migrants to sleep in a church hall and
gave them basic meals before the military took them away in the presence of cheering crowds of well-off locals who
sincerely believe they did a good and honorable deed. From the moment their "humanitarian crisis" began, Vineyard
residents congratulated themselves and lectured an incredulous world on their monumental virtue and inexhaustible compassion.
Meet
the Vulnerable Congressman Who Helped Spark an Immigration Crisis in Maine. A vulnerable Maine Democrat
spearheaded an effort to make migrants eligible for his state's welfare program, a policy that may hurt him at the
ballot box in November given that it has resulted in a costly overflow of asylum seekers in the city of Portland.
As a state legislator, Rep. Jared Golden championed a bill in 2015 that declared asylum-seeking immigrants eligible
for the state's General Assistance program, which provides free hotels, meals, and other essentials to elderly and
homeless Mainers. As a result, an estimated 1,200 immigrants are now receiving emergency housing in Portland and
are unable to work until they receive government approval, a process that can take several months. Portland
officials in May informed federal immigration agencies that the city's hotels reached full capacity and are unable to
shelter additional asylum seekers — just as federal funds for the program are set to expire.
Poll:
Over one-third of San Franciscans plan to leave crime-ridden 'sanctuary city'. The San Francisco Chronicle
conducted a comprehensive survey between June and July of over 1,650 people to "measure attitudes on what's working,
what isn't, performance of city government, the future of the city and more." Respondents overwhelming indicated that a
great deal isn't working, the city is performing poorly, the future looks bleak, and it may not be worth hanging around
much longer. 65% of respondents said the city, run by Democrat Mayor London Breed, was worse than when they first
moved there. Only 10% said it was better. Women reportedly found the city to be worse than did their male
counterparts, with 69% reporting a significant deterioration (representing a seven-point gendered change) and only 7%
noting there being signs of improvement. 35% of respondents believe things will only be worse two years from now.
Sanctuary
cities? Not so much. Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser has been vociferously complaining recently
about the influx of asylum-seekers utilizing homeless shelters and other city services since Texas started busing
migrants to the Capital City. Bowser called the migrant issue "significant" and said she is urging a coordinated
federal response to the crisis. She is further claiming that migrants are being "tricked" into boarding buses to
Washington. [...] Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker recently went so far as to issue an emergency disaster proclamation
after hundreds of asylum-seekers arrived in Chicago via bus from Texas. New York City mayor Eric Adams recently
said the city is at a "breaking point" due to thousands of migrants who have been sent by bus from Texas in recent
weeks. Really? The city survived the pandemic lockdowns and 9/11, which knocked down the Twin Towers of the
World Trade Center and killed nearly 3,000 people, but a few thousand illegal aliens are on the verge of destroying
it? How does Adams think border states like, say, Texas feel, dealing with the influx of hundreds of
thousands of illegals each year under the Biden administration — of the more than 5 million
who have entered the United States since Biden took office?
KJP:
It's 'Cruel' To Send Migrants To Liberal Sanctuary Cities. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
said Thursday that the policy of transporting illegal migrants from Florida and Texas to Democrat-run cities is "cruel."
A White House reporter asked the press secretary to comment on migrants being transported to the "Democratic haven" of Martha's
Vineyard, Massachusetts, and the Vice President Kamala Harris' official residence in Washington, D.C. The press secretary
said the policy is a "political stunt" and "cruel." "It is a political stunt, that's what we're seeing from governors,
Republican governors in particular and it is a cruel, inhumane way of treating people who are fleeing communism, people who
are — and we're not just talking about people, we're talking about children, we're talking about families —
who are promised a home, promised a job, put on a bus and driven to a place they do not know. And it is a cruel
thing to do," Jean-Pierre said.
The Editor says...
[#1] The overwhelming majority of illegal aliens are not fleeing communism or anything else, other than unemployment. Many
of them proudly wave the flags of the countries from which they are "fleeing," so the conditions at home can't be that bad.
By and large, they are just looking for menial jobs and generous government handouts. [#2] Most of the people coming across
the border are unaccompanied by family members, and many are crossing the border for the purpose of giving birth to an "anchor baby"
that will prevent their deportation. [#3] It is extremely unlikely that any significant percentage of the new arrivals have
been "promised a home, [or] promised a job." [#4] If the illegal aliens are being "driven to a place they do not
know," that's immaterial, because most of them are crossing into a country they've never been to, so the whole country is "a place
they do not know."
Chicago
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blasted Over 'Hypocrisy' After Settling Dozens Of Migrants In GOP Suburb. Chicago
Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot is taking heat after she bussed dozens of migrants out of her city and housed them in a
hotel in a smaller suburb without warning. Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, a Republican, accused Lightfoot of
hypocrisy on Saturday. Grasso said Lightfoot bussed migrants into his town while complaining about similar
behavior by Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R). "We're more than happy for people to find freedom, it is hypocrisy by
the mayor of Chicago to complain about the governor of Texas — I do agree with what he's doing —
the city of Chicago says it's going to be a sanctuary city which I oppose — but there must be vacant hotel
rooms in Chicago. This is hundreds of people in a city of millions. Why are they sending them out to the
Republican suburbs? You have to wonder," Grasso told Fox News.
Chicago
welcomes Texas migrants, then sends them to Burr Ridge. WGN Investigates has learned several dozen of the
migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent to Chicago have now been relocated to a hotel in the suburbs without advance
warning to the local mayor. "I am concerned neither the village administrator nor I were told about this," Burr
Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso told WGN. "We want to know: Why Burr Ridge?" Just days ago, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
blasted Abbott for treating the migrants like "cargo" and not providing her with advance notice they were arriving.
New
York City officials line up to shake hands with migrants after being bused in from Texas. Busses of
migrants sent to New York City from Texas were welcomed with handshakes and an official escort from members of Mayor
Eric Adams' administration in Manhattan Sunday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered over a dozen buses of
migrants to the Big Apple, Chicago, and Washington DC in an attempt to show them the nature of the crisis at the border.
So far, Texas has forked out nearly $13 million to Wynne Transportation — the charter service that is
taking migrants to the various cities. Around 44 migrants got off Sunday's bus, which was ordered to New York by
El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser. Each of the arriving migrants at the city's Port Authority were greeted with a
handshake from a local leader, a blanket and were then escorted to a local hotel.
Chicago
mayor blasts Abbott for busing migrants to her city. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
slammed Gov. Greg Abbott after buses of migrants from the southern border state of Texas
pulled into the Illinois city late Wednesday. "As a city, we are doing everything we can to
ensure these immigrants and their families can receive shelter, food, and most importantly
protection," a spokesperson for Lightfoot, a Democrat, said in a statement issued Wednesday
evening. [...] Two buses of roughly 60 migrants stepped off state-funded buses at Chicago's Union
Station last night and were transported to local shelters. Chicago is the third city that
Texas has begun transporting migrants to from the border, after Washington, D.C., and New York
City. All three cities self-identify as "sanctuary" zones, areas that will not turn over
illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement if arrested.
Now
Texas sends migrants to Chicago. Texas sent around 100 migrants to Chicago on Wednesday, as Republican Governor
Greg Abbott expands his effort to push responsibility for border crossers to his Democratic political opponents. The
buses arrived at Chicago's Union Station at around 7:30 pm — after it was revealed that Texas has already spent
$12 million on taking migrants to New York City and Washington DC. Among the 100 or so people who were on the
buses, around 20 to 30 were small children. Pregnant women and children were among the busload. The migrants said
they were from Venezuela.
Sanctuary
cities not enjoying actually being used as sanctuaries. To the great consternation of
liberal Democratic mayors in the northeast, the governors of Texas and Arizona continue to send
busloads of illegal migrants to New York and Washington to lessen the burdens on their states and
draw more attention to the Biden border crisis. This has put the municipal governments of these
self-defined sanctuary cities in a bit of a tough position politically. They are supposed to
represent bastions of hope for the migrants and freedom from the "oppression" of ICE and the Border
Patrol. But now that the migrants are arriving in larger numbers and doing so in a very public way,
it's becoming clear that this is a problem that the mayors were not prepared to handle.
No
sympathy for sanctuary cities. As long as the migrants remained in Texas and Arizona, or went
somewhere — anywhere — else, Ms. Bowser and Mr. Adams turned a blind eye to the Biden
administration's flagrant — and arguably impeachable — refusal to enforce federal immigration
laws. Mr. Biden's inaction has resulted in hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants swarming across the border
every month. Now, the District of Columbia and New York City — and other Democrat-dominated
jurisdictions — are reaping the inevitable consequences of their "sanctuary" city/county/state policies on illegal
immigration. They have no one to blame but themselves, albeit with (more than) a little help from their friends,
Mr. Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who risibly continues to insist — evidence
to the contrary notwithstanding — that the southwestern border is "secure."
A
simple plan: Free Bus Ride to Sanctuary. I love what Texas governor Greg Abbott is doing in giving
illegal entrants the option of being bused from Texas to D.C. and now New York City. With U.S. Customs and Border
Protection reporting well over 200,000 southwest land border encounters each month and no end in sight to illegal border
crossings under this presidency, I think the governor should significantly expand the program. Although the cost of
busing an illegal is likely much less than the cost to Texas of caring for the migrant and protecting the community from
those who commit additional crimes, a non-profit should be set up to raise and provide funds for additional buses not only to
D.C. and New York, but to any place that has declared itself a "sanctuary" jurisdiction.
Greg
Abbott tears into 'hypocrite' Mayor Adams for being 'upset about welcoming a few dozen migrants into to NYC'.
Greg Abbott's office tore into Eric Adams after the New York City mayor called the influx of illegal immigrants being bused
to the Big Apple 'horrific'. 'Mayor Adams is hypocritically upset about welcoming a few dozen into his sanctuary city,'
the Texas GOP governor's Press Secretary Renae Eze said in reaction to the comments made by the mayor over the weekend.
She explained in the statement: 'These migrants willingly chose to go to New York City, having signed a voluntary consent
waiver, available in multiple languages, upon boarding that they agreed to the destination.'
NPR
is shocked that GOP governors aren't making it easy for sanctuary cities. Since the day Joe Biden entered the
Oval Office, America's southern border has effectively been erased. Millions of broke, uneducated people from all over
the world, many of whom have contagious diseases, are illiterate, and are engaged in criminal activities, have been pouring
into America. The states most affected are Texas and Arizona. A few months ago, Texas's governor, Greg Abbott
decided to start sending just some of these illegal aliens to D.C., a proud sanctuary city. What started as a gimmick
has succeeded better than anyone could have imagined — and an NPR article proves that point.
NY
Times Blames GOP Governors for 'Causing Havoc' by Busing Border Crossers to Democrat Sanctuary Cities. The
New York Times is blaming Republican governors for "causing havoc" by busing border crossers welcomed by the Biden
administration to Democrat sanctuary cities. As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R)
continue busing border crossers and illegal aliens to Democrat sanctuary cities, the Times published a piece titled "GOP
Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast" where Republicans are seemingly blamed for President Joe Biden's
expansive Catch and Release operation.
Los
Angeles opens up county government jobs to 'non-citizens'. At a time of rising unemployment and flight from
one-party blue cities, what should Los Angeles come up with but a new plan to hire foreigners in county government posts?
[...] This may well mean that illegal aliens will soon become the County of Los Angeles's ruling government. Sure, the
Times says illegals are excluded, but that's window dressing. Anyone with DACA status would likely be included in the
hireables list, as would anyone who's managed to cadge asylum from a pliant immigration judge or newly minted "asylum
officer," as will any of the millions who have seen their charges dropped by the Department of Homeland Security and who are
now free to roam the country.
The
Demise of American Citizenship. American citizenship and its one-of-a-kind written contract with the central
government, the Constitution with its Bill of Rights, is under relentless assault by the nation's governing establishment and
teetering on the edge of meaninglessness. No nation can maintain its status as a nation without secure and identifiable
borders. Citizenship means nothing if untold millions of illegal immigrants openly defy the laws without consequence.
It is estimated that 22 million illegals resided in the United States as of 2018. Responding to an explicit invitation
from the Biden administration, another 2+ million have walked unchallenged across the border in the past 18 months.
These so-called undocumented immigrants are becoming legally indistinguishable from citizens as they openly reside in 500 sanctuary
jurisdictions, receive welfare, education and medical care, are granted drivers licenses, and given tuition breaks at public
universities as they, not legal immigrants or American citizens, are exempt from federal immigration, health and travel laws.
Left-Wing Nonprofit
Scores $171.7 Million [or greater] Government Contract To Help Illegal Immigrants Avoid Authorities. A liberal
non-profit group has been given a taxpayer-funded government contract worth at least $171.7 million — which could
potentially reach just under $1 billion — for assisting illegal immigrant minors in avoiding capture or
incarceration by U.S. Border Patrol and state officials. The Department of the Interior was the awarding agency and
"The Vera Institute of Justice," based out of New York — which supports the "defund the police" movement and has
lax views on immigration enforcement — was the beneficiary. Health and Human Services (HHS) had initially
funded the contract back in March, Fox News Digital discovered, to "provide legal assistance to unaccompanied minors,
according to a federal database."
Sanctuary
State New Jersey Creates $60M 'Slush Fund' for Illegal Aliens. [Scroll down] Elected Republicans have
called the plan a "slush fund" intended to transfer New Jersey taxpayer dollars to illegal aliens. "The Democrats who
control the legislature know that Gov. Murphy's program giving big cash payments to illegal immigrants is so unpopular
with most New Jerseyans that they were afraid to fund it directly in the state budget," State Sen. Jim Holzapfel (R)
said. "Instead, they created a slush fund that Gov. Murphy controls that appears to have been designed
specifically to continue making these ridiculous payments," Holzapfel continued.
The Subordinate Citizen.
There are currently over 550 "sanctuary" jurisdictions established by state and local governments. They aim to prevent
federal immigration authorities from deporting illegal aliens, including tens of thousands detained by law enforcement for
committing additional crimes. The nation has not experienced such blatant nullifications of federal laws since the
efforts of pre-Civil War Southern states — or the 1960s southern governors who defied federal efforts to enforce
U.S. civil rights legislation. So, can any citizens now simply vote to declare their hometown or local county immune
from federal legislation? That is, can a city or county nullify as it pleases the IRS tax code, endangered species laws, or
federal gun registration legislation? Or is nullification only permissible in the interest of noncitizens and lawbreakers?
County
training staff to protect criminal illegal immigrants. Washington state's most populous county is training
staff to help illegal aliens escape warrants by federal immigration officers, including for criminal behavior such as rape
and gang activity. King County's Department of Equity and Social Justice provides the training to staff in Seattle,
according to training material obtained by Jason Rantz of local KTTH radio. "Inexplicably, the county is welcoming to
dangerous criminals," he wrote. "It does not differentiate between a mother fleeing her home country for a better life
and a gang member and rapist."
Trump-Appointed
Judge Blocks Biden's 'Sanctuary Country' Orders Protecting Illegal Aliens from Deportation. A district judge,
appointed by former President Donald Trump, has blocked President Joe Biden's so-called "sanctuary country" orders that have
successfully protected millions of illegal aliens from arrest and deportation over the last year. On Tuesday, District
Judge Michael J. Newman issued a preliminary injunction against Biden's orders that prevent Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting and deporting most of the nation's 11 to 22 million illegal aliens
across the United States.
Biden
Frees More Criminal Illegal Aliens into U.S. Communities Thanks to 'Sanctuary Country' Orders. The number of
criminal illegal aliens who are going unarrested and not deported from the United States has increased dramatically, a
Washington Times report states. Last year, President Joe Biden and his top Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
officials implemented a series of orders protecting most of the nation's 11 to 22 million illegal aliens from arrest
and deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Swing-District
Iowa Dem 'Very Active' in Group That Wants to Abolish ICE, Establish Sanctuary Cities. A swing-district Iowa
Democrat is "very active" in a group that works to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), end the
deportation of illegal immigrants, and establish "sanctuary" cities throughout the state. State legislator Christina
Bohannan, who is running to unseat Republican congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, praised the Center for Worker Justice
of Eastern Iowa (CWJ) during a 2020 candidate forum, saying she is "very active" in the liberal immigration group. Just
months before the forum, CWJ called to abolish ICE, the federal entity responsible for immigration enforcement and terrorism
prevention. The group has also worked to stop illegal immigrant deportations and "keep ICE out of Iowa" by fighting against
a 2018 bill that revoked state funding from "sanctuary" cities that intentionally fail to enforce federal immigration law.
Biden's
DHS Chief: Sanctuary Country Orders Ensure 'Majority' of Illegal Aliens Not Deported. President Joe
Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the agency's new so-called "sanctuary
country" orders will ensure that the "majority" of illegal aliens living in the United States are not deported. On
Monday, Mayorkas announced that the administration has started implementing its latest sanctuary country orders that protect
most criminal illegal aliens by barring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting and deporting them.
Map
Shows How New Biden Policy Turns Every Community into an Illegal-Alien Sanctuary. Last week The Federalist
published a piece by me on the new Biden administration policy turning nearly every community in America into an illegal
alien sanctuary. Read the article in The Federalist here. I also presented a more detailed look at the policy
here. The policy offers a long list of "protected" areas where immigration authorities are not permitted to operate,
even to identify and arrest criminal aliens. These places include, as I noted in The Federalist piece, anywhere near "a
playground, a recreation center, a school, a place of worship or religious study, a location that offers vaccinations (such
as a pharmacy), a community-based organization, any location that hosts weddings (such as a civic center, hotel, or park),
any location with a school bus stop, any place 'where children gather,' and many more places that are common to most towns."
Biden
Administration Expands List of 'Sensitive' Places Where Immigration Officers Cannot Make Arrests. President Joe
Biden's top homeland security official on Wednesday ordered immigration officers not to arrest illegal immigrants at a number
of places, including food banks and shelters. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas detailed the safe spaces
for illegal aliens in a memorandum to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. "Sensitive locations" where
officers were barred from detaining people in the country illegally previously constituted of a small number of settings,
including churches, hospitals, and schools. The locations are now being referred to as "protected areas." Mayorkas
added social services establishments like homeless shelters, anywhere disaster or emergency relief is being provided, and
places where children gather, including playgrounds, childcare centers, and school bus stops.
Biden
administration expands no-go zones where ICE can't arrest illegal immigrants. The Department of Homeland
Security has expanded its list of locations off-limits for enforcement to include anywhere near graveyards, community
organization offices and any area where children "gather" — effectively blocking officers from making arrests
across many urban areas. The rules, issued Wednesday [10/27/2021], are designed to give illegal immigrants and others
associated with them access to essential services without fear of arrest, said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
Mayorkas. "This principle is fundamental," Mr. Mayorkas said in a memo. "We can accomplish our enforcement
mission without denying or limiting individuals' access to needed medical care, children access to their schools, the
displaced access to food and shelter, people of faith access to their places of worship, and more."
The Editor says...
Here are a few words of feedback for Secretary Mayorkas: [#1] The "displaced" are present in this country
voluntarily. We can safely presume that they knew it was illegal to cross the international border when they did so; thus,
any inconvenience they suffer is their own fault. [#2] The illegal immigrants you're so eager to serve (at taxpayers' expense)
don't have a right to medical care, schools, food or shelter. They are trespassers, not guests. Whether they are sick, or hungry,
or about to give birth, they should be swiftly deported. The word will get around quickly. [#3] "This principle is fundamental,"
Mr. Mayorkas. If you had done your job, none of these unfortunate people would have made it into the U.S.
Obama-Appointed
Judge: Florida's 'Discriminatory' Ban on Sanctuary Cities Is Unconstitutional. A judge has ruled that
Florida's ban on sanctuary cities, which shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation, is unconstitutional
because it is discriminatory. Judge Beth Bloom, appointed by former President Obama, permanently enjoined the law
signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in June 2019 that banned Florida cities and counties from protecting criminal illegal
aliens from federal immigration law carried out by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
San
Francisco sanctuary protected illegal immigrant hate crime suspect. A man accused of mugging then spitting at a
family of Filipino Americans is an illegal immigrant who was still loose on the streets of San Francisco because he was
protected by that community's sanctuary city policy — four separate times. Carlos Claros already had a
lengthy rap sheet and was even on probation at the time of the April attack, but San Francisco repeatedly refused to
cooperate with ICE and released him after each run-in, The Washington Times has learned. This time he approached a
family of 18 people, including children, and tried to rob them at gunpoint, Patrick Elliott told ABC7, a San Francisco
television station.
Biden's
'Sanctuary Country' Orders Freeing Criminal Illegal Aliens from Florida Jails. President Joe Biden's "sanctuary
country" orders for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are resulting in the release of criminal illegal aliens at
Florida jails. After taking office, Biden's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the sanctuary country orders
that prevent ICE agents from arresting and deporting illegal aliens unless they are recently-convicted aggravated felons or
are known terrorists or gang members.
The
sheriffs who betray their communities for the sake of illegal aliens. Even when immigration isn't in the news
at the moment, the Biden administration and its acolytes continue to wage their scorched-earth campaign against our borders
and national security. From the porous border to sanctuary laws to foreign worker visas, it is difficult to track all
the ways we as a nation are under siege. There is another front in this battle, and if it isn't already in your
community, it may be on the way. The 287(g) program, as it is commonly known, facilitates greater collaboration between
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement agencies. Participating agencies will deputize some
of their officers to perform the duties of immigration agents — such as inquiring about immigration status and
checking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) database. The result is that illegal aliens in local custody who are
wanted by ICE are more quickly identified, and the transfer of custody is better streamlined. Because it has been an
effective way to keep criminal aliens out of American communities, the anti-borders left naturally wants to terminate the
program.
GOP
Senators 'Demand' AG Release Memos Embracing 'Dangerous' Sanctuary City Policies. A group of Republican
senators in a letter to Merrick Garland asked the Attorney General to, "immediately release" memos to Congress that in late
April restored federal monies for sanctuary cities in "at least 11 states." "In order to better understand current DOJ
policy, and the impact it will have on the public safety, health, and well-being of hardworking Americans, we demand, as a
matter of Congressional oversight, that you immediately release any guidance memos related to the decision to reinstate
funding for sanctuary cities and jurisdictions," wrote the senators in a letter to Garland. "This information should be
made readily available to Congress and to the American people in order to evaluate this unfortunate policy change."
"According to news reports, you recently issued a memo that reversed a DOJ policy which withheld grant funding from sanctuary
cities. We are troubled by your decision to reverse these policies and place the public safety and lives of
hard-working Americans at risk. Sanctuary city policies are dangerous and a threat to public safety," the senators
continued.
Supreme
Court Dismisses 'Sanctuary City' Cases at Request of Biden's DOJ. The Supreme Court has dismissed three pending
requests to hear challenges to the Trump administration's order to withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from
so-called sanctuary jurisdictions — states and cities that refuse to cooperate with Department of Homeland
Security efforts to deport people residing in the United States illegally. [...] In 2017, President Donald Trump signed an
executive order that called on U.S. agencies to withhold federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions, many of which are
governed by Democrats. Part of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, the order made federal money to state and
local governments conditional upon their giving U.S. immigration officials access to their jails and advance notice when
illegal immigrants were being released from custody. Lower courts were divided on whether the policy was lawful.
ICE
locks Twitter account that alerted public of illegal immigrants freed by sanctuary cities. ICE has locked down
a Twitter account that was used to alert the public to illegal immigrants released by sanctuary cities. @ICEAlerts is now
"protected," meaning only those who had already been following the account can see the target names. Users also can't
retweet the old posts, said Jon Feere, a former senior employee at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President
Trump. ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the change, but Mr. Feere said the Biden
administration doesn't want people to know what kinds of criminals it's no longer actively seeking to deport.
The Editor says...
This part is news to me: I didn't know the government had direct and immediate control of Twitter.
Biden:
Undocumented immigrants should get vaccine without ICE targeting them. President Biden said Friday [2/26/2021]
that undocumented immigrants should be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine without fear of being targeted by U.S.
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Biden make the remark during an interview with Univision during his visit to a
vaccination site in Texas. "I want to make sure they are able to get vaccinated and so they're protected from COVID
without the ICE or anyone interfering," Biden said. "They should... not be arrested for showing for being able to get a
vaccination." Biden also said he plans to make sure undocumented immigrants have food, noting that his $1.9 trillion
coronavirus relief proposal increases funding for nutrition assistance.
Former
ICE Official: 'Biden Has Declared the Entire Country a Sanctuary Jurisdiction'. Many people have already warned
of the grim consequences that President Joe Biden's radical immigration policies could have. Now, an expert on the
topic is weighing in. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Tom Homan painted a worrying picture
of the country under Biden's policies in an interview with Fox News. "President Biden has declared the entire country a
sanctuary jurisdiction," he said on "Fox & Friends" Wednesday [2/10/2021].
Suspected
illegal immigrant charged with murder in 'sanctuary state' of Colorado. In 2019, democratic Colorado Governor
Jared Polis signed a bill into law making the entire state a "sanctuary," or safe zone, for illegal immigrants. Within
these bounds, state and local law enforcement officials are prohibited from sharing any suspect's information with the U.S.
Immigrant and Customs Enforcement, and will not issue detainers for illegal immigrants incarcerated in jail or state
prisons. This essentially means that anyone illegally residing in the state is protected from deportation, to their
home country, no matter what they do — even murder.
Illegal
Alien Convicted of Murdering a Child Released Back Onto American Streets Thanks to California Sanctuary Law.
Every single time President Donald Trump warned of criminals crossing the border, both he and his followers were labeled
"racist." The president has never claimed that "all" illegal aliens crossing the border were dangerous criminals.
Instead, he has only ever argued that by increasing border security, many criminals hoping to make their way into the U.S.
would be stopped and/or apprehended. Conversely, leaders within the Democratic Party, such as California Gov. Gavin
Newsom, effectively argue that every illegal alien is inherently a victim and should be given the full rights afforded to
American citizens.
Two
More Dead Americans Thanks to Another Sanctuary City's Dangerous Policies. Fernando De Jesus Lopez-Garcia is a
thrice-deported illegal alien with a criminal history who has been living under the protection of cruel — because
that is what they are — sanctuary city policies in San Jose, California. On November 22nd, he inexplicably
attacked several individuals inside the Grace Baptist Church, where volunteers were present assisting with the church's
homeless ministry, where Lopez-Garcia, himself homeless, regularly attended services and helped out. Police believed he
was under the influence of drugs or other substances when he senselessly attacked his fellow congregants, killing two and
wounding three. He was promptly detained and is now in police custody. But this is hardly the first time he has
had a run-in with the law, and, according to ICE, he's been allowed to reside unmolested in the United States despite being
deported three times previously, as they told One America News.
Liberal
California Emigrants are Toxic. Piled onto California's endless river of regulations are its nonsensical laws
and policies. Twenty major metropolitan cities or counties in California have established laws, ordinances,
regulations, or other practices that shield illegal immigrants from prosecution after committing a crime. These
counties brazenly safeguard illegal immigrant criminals against deportation either through noncompliance or by refusing to
hand them over to federal agencies such as ICE. With over $1.5 trillion in state and local government debt, California
effectively has little money to spare for conveniences such as criminal incarceration. What do sanctuary cities and
counties see as the alternative to handing illegal immigrant criminals over for deportation? Release them back into the
general population, of course.
Virginia
county escalates sanctuary battle with ICE. Prince William County's jail released an illegal immigrant late
last month despite a federal criminal warrant for his arrest, marking what federal officials see as an escalation of
sanctuary policies. Edras Onel Vasquez-Perez, 25, had been deported before. When he was found in the U.S. again,
federal authorities persuaded a magistrate judge to issue a felony warrant for his arrest. Prince William County police
arrested Mr. Vasquez-Perez on Sept. 28 on charges of assaulting a family member, but the jail released him a day
later, apparently ignoring both the criminal warrant and a detainer request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ICE
sweeps through D.C., other sanctuary cities; more than 170 arrests. ICE deportation officers fanned out across
six sanctuary city regions in recent weeks, officials announced Friday, nabbed more than 170 illegal immigrants who'd been
released by local police in defiance of deportation requests. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad F. Wolf warned
other sanctuaries that they'll see a heightened U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in their communities, too,
as long as they refuse full cooperation on turning over people from their prisons and jails. "These are not everyday
people. They are hardened criminals," Mr. Wolf said in a press conference from Philadelphia, one of the regions targeted.
Feds
step in to nab illegal immigrant released 10 times by New York cops. Federal agents say they finally have
caught an undocumented immigrant they've been after for several years but who was released 10 times by police in New York
under sanctuary city policies. Jhonny Soto-Ubaldo was arrested on federal gun charges this month, giving U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement a new chance to place a detainer on him requesting he be turned over for deportation
after his time in the federal prison system is over. And this time it's likely to be honored, since New York is not
part of the equation.
Baltimore murder suspects protected
by sanctuary laws, ICE says; 'This is the worst-case scenario'. Two undocumented immigrants suspected in the
gang slaying of a 16-year-old girl in Baltimore were released because of sanctuary city policies, despite requests from
federal immigration officials, officials said Tuesday [9/15/2020]. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it
lodged three immigration detainers on three men charged in the May 29 death of Gabriela Ardon. Five people are charged
in the killing — three of whom were living in the United States illegally. "In this case, two of the
suspects arrested had previously been encountered by ICE, but due to state and local policies that put politics above public
safety, they were released to the street," said Acting Baltimore Field Office Director Francisco Madrigal. "This is the
worst-case scenario when detainers are not honored."
Baltimore
murder suspects protected by sanctuary laws: ICE. Two illegal immigrants suspected of an MS-13 gang
killing of a 16-year-old girl in Baltimore were in police custody before, but were set free by authorities in New York and
Maryland in defiance of deportation requests, allowing them to be out on the streets, ICE said Tuesday [9/15/2020].
Gabriela Alejandra Gonzalez-Ardon was found dead in woods near Loch Raven Reservoir in late May. Five people have been
charged in the killing, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says three of them are illegal immigrants —
and two of them were free because of sanctuary policies. "This is the worst-case scenario," said Francisco Madrigal,
the acting director of ICE's Baltimore office.
De
Blasio fires back at Trump after threats to defund NYC. The mayor began his daily press briefing by taking
shots at the president, who on Wednesday signed a memo to look into how to pull federal funding for the Big Apple,
Washington, DC, Seattle and Portland — cities that he says have descended into "lawless zones." "If you
persist in trying to deny the funding that's keeping New York City going in the middle of this crisis, we will see you in
court," de Blasio said, "and once again, we will beat you in court." Hizzoner was referring to a ruling by an appeals
court in April that blocked the Trump administration from holding up millions of dollars from so-called "sanctuary"
cities, including New York City.
LA
jails refuse to turn 25,000 criminal illegal immigrants over to ICE. Los Angeles, home to the largest jail
system in the United States, has ignored more than 25,000 requests from federal authorities to turn over illegal immigrants
after they have been arrested for crimes by local law enforcement, according to federal data obtained by the Washington
Examiner. This week, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced his department would stop transferring even the most
dangerous offenders in the Los Angeles County Jail to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In his explanation,
Villanueva said he was looking out for the 1 million LA residents who are also illegally residing in the county and too
scared to report crimes to police because it could mean being sent back to their home country.
Washington
State Will Provide $40 Million In Coronavirus Relief For Illegal Immigrants. After months of pressure from
activists, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has agreed to set aside $40 million in coronavirus relief for workers in the
U.S. illegally. As The Daily Wire previously reported, Seattle's city council sought $100 million in relief funds from
the state for illegal immigrants who didn't qualify for the federal government's coronavirus stimulus. The city passed
a resolution in May that called for the creation of a "Washington Worker Relief Fund" that would provide "economic assistance
to undocumented Washingtonians during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Montgomery
County Gave ICE A 28-Minute Warning Before Releasing Illegal Immigrant Charged With Second Degree Rape.
Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, gave Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a 28-minute notice before releasing
an illegal immigrant charged with second-degree rape and sexual abuse back into the public, according to county data obtained
by the Immigration Reform Law Institute. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich had pledged to allow more cooperation
with ICE on Nov. 4 when he rolled back a sanctuary policy he signed into law three months prior that prohibited county
officials from working with ICE. But the data obtained by IRLI shows that ICE was given less than four-hours notification
to pick up eight illegal immigrants from Montgomery County jails after Elrich's policy was rescinded. "Montgomery
County claims to be cooperating with ICE, but the implementation of this policy is a joke," IRLI Executive Director of General
Counsel Dale Wilcox said in a statement Wednesday [8/12/2020].
Hundreds
of Oregon protesters delay ICE buses detaining 2 men for hours: report. Federal agents in Bend, Ore., clashed
with hundreds of protesters late Wednesday night after an hourslong standoff sparked by the arrest of two men by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, who said they were a "threat to the public." Bend's episode, which is about a
three-hour drive from Portland, was the latest in tensions among protesters, local police and federal agents. "I've
never been so disgusted by my government and so proud of my community," Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel, who
attended the protest, wrote on Twitter.
New
Jersey takes step toward granting professional licenses to illegal immigrants. The New Jersey State Assembly
passed a bill last week that would grant professional licenses to illegal immigrants. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy
is expected to sign the bill, according to Fox News, which grants illegal immigrants the ability to obtain professional and
occupational licenses in the state in industries such as cosmetology and accounting. A spokesperson for Murphy said the
governor "believes that immigrants are a critical part of the fabric of life in New Jersey, and that they should not face
unnecessary barriers as they seek to participate in our society and economy." The bill would become law effective
immediately if signed by Murphy.
Illegal
Alien Accused of Raping 7-Year-Old Girl Freed by Maryland Sanctuary County. An illegal alien arrested for
allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl multiple times has since been released into the general public by Montgomery County,
Maryland, officials. Rene Ramos-Hernandez, a 56-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested by the Montgomery
County Police Department after a 25-year-old woman accused him of raping her as a seven-year-old "at least ten times" between
2002 and 2003, according to ABC7 News's Kevin Lewis.
State
Lawmakers Urge Newsom to Stop Transferring People in Prison to ICE in Pandemic. Dozens of state lawmakers
called on Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday [7/6/2020] to stop California prison officials from transferring people to federal immigration
detention during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter signed by 44 members of the state Senate and
Assembly — as well as 18 local elected officials, including Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland and Mayor Michael Tubbs
of Stockton — the political leaders said ending the transfers is urgently needed to help reduce the spread of
COVID-19 between detention systems in California.
Fairfax
County orders police to stop helping ICE on immigration cases. Immigrant-rights activists took a victory lap
Friday over Fairfax County's new sanctuary policy limiting police cooperation with federal immigration agents, saying it
could protect thousands of illegal immigrants from being deported. Police General Order 604 bans officers from
complying with warrants issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying they are civil detainers, not
court-approved warrants. It also bans ICE deportation officers from access to county police buildings, and it
encourages officers to release people on summonses rather than arrest and book them for minor infractions, which could help
keep them off ICE's radar.
Supreme
Court declines to hear Trump challenge to California sanctuary law. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to
hear the administration's challenge to California's main sanctuary city law protecting illegal immigrants, dealing a
significant blow to President Trump's hopes of forcing jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE. The justices did not offer
comment on their decision, though two — Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. — said they
wanted to hear the case. It takes four justices to put a case on the court's calendar. By declining to hear the
case the court left in place a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld California's SB54, a law enacted
in 2017 in response to Mr. Trump's election, that prohibits state and local authorities from cooperating with federal
immigration efforts.
Dems
discovering that with sanctuary cities, what goes around, comes around. Atwater, California, has declared
itself a sanctuary city — sanctuary from tyrannical government draining the lifeblood from the people. If
leftist tyrants can provide safe haven to illegal invaders, why not have sanctuary cities that protect Americans from our
newly anointed dictators? So this rural city of fewer than 30,000 people located in the center of California has
decided to free itself from the suffocating chokehold of the state. At the end of April, the City Council voted
unanimously to open businesses and churches.
California
town declares itself 'sanctuary city' for businesses, opens up in defiance of stay-at-home order. A central
California city has declared itself a "sanctuary city" for businesses and will open up in defiance of the state's
stay-at-home order. The city council in Atwater passed a resolution Friday allowing businesses to open despite
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's order for businesses to remain closed, according to ABC30's Vanessa Vasconcelos.
California
City To Allow Reopenings, Declares Itself A 'Sanctuary City' For Business. The central California city of
Atwater has declared itself a "sanctuary city" for businesses. The Friday [5/15/2020] resolution passed by the Atwater
City Council allows business owners to open, openly defying Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom's coronavirus-related
stay-at-home order. The resolution affirms "the city's commitment" to "fundamental" human rights. Churches and
other nonprofits are included in the resolution, according to ABC30's Vanessa Vasconcelos.
Donald
Trump: State Bailouts Should Include Changes for Sanctuary Cities. President Donald Trump proposed from
the White House on Tuesday [4/28/2020] that any bailout funds for Democrat-run states should include required changes to
their sanctuary city policies. "We'd want certain things also, including sanctuary city adjustments," Trump said.
"Because we have so many people in sanctuary cities, which I don't even think are popular by radical left folks."
Department
of Justice Moves Against Sanctuary Jurisdictions. Speaking at the National Sheriffs' Association Conference,
Attorney General William Barr announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would be taking a variety of new actions against
sanctuary jurisdictions (see the updated CIS map listing these jurisdictions). Barr stated that sanctuary policies jeopardize
public safety and violate the supremacy clause of the Constitution by inhibiting immigration enforcement. He spelled
out a series of options, from lawsuits to debarment from funds to potential criminal prosecution under the harboring
provisions of federal law.
Democrat
Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) Escalates Corona Spread. How ironic that Bill DeBlasio, New York City's
mayor, who designated his city a sanctuary city, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who designated New York a sanctuary state, both
in defiance of federal orders, have blamed the federal government for not supplying all of their hospital and other state
needs. These two, among other prominent Democrat mayors and governors who for many years virtue-signaled and put the
rest of the country in jeopardy — claiming it is not the fed's business what they do in their states —
suddenly have relinquished city and state responsibility for the conditions in their jurisdictions. [...] Suddenly, they take
no personal blame for the lack of preparedness and supplies, or the absence of a game plan in their districts, where heretofore
they claimed absolute power and independence. Some questions: Why hadn't they stockpiled masks, gowns, gloves, and
ventilators? Some have held office for almost ten years.
Test and Remove
Alien Detainees as Quickly as Possible. Buzzfeed reports that the Los Angeles County sheriff reduced his jail
population by releasing more than 600 inmates in less than two weeks. What's more, Los Angeles County police and
sheriff's agencies are allegedly minimizing the number of arrests they effect in order avoid putting more individuals into
detention. [...] I also find myself wondering how many of those released criminals were aliens who, instead of being put onto
the streets, might have been handed over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if California and Los
Angeles County were sane enough to ditch their legally questionable and morally deficient "sanctuary" policies.
Sanctuary
Montgomery County: Police interrupt illegal alien rape in progress. Sanctuary jurisdictions like
Montgomery County, Maryland, have become a magnet for MS-13 and illegal alien rapists. But unlike the coronavirus, this
"epidemic" is completely avoidable. Last summer, so many illegal alien rapists were released by sanctuary Montgomery
County that it sparked a fight between DHS officials and local politicians. Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland
Security Ken Cuccinelli even challenged county executive Mark Elrich to a debate and referred to the wayward county as "Loco
in MOCO." In the latest case last Thursday, local police arrested Jose Lopez-Gonzalez, 35, an illegal alien from
El Salvador, for raping a semiconscious woman in an office building stairwell in Wheaton, Maryland.
Shouldn't
local officials who enact 'sanctuary' policies be charged as accessories to crimes committed by illegal immigrants?
This week, the acting chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) blasted Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) for upholding
and defending her "sanctuary" policy that protects illegal immigrants from deportation. An exasperated and aggravated ICE
chief Matt Albence was incredulous following the 'alleged' sexual assault of a three-year-old girl by convicted felon and
illegal immigrant Christopher Puente, who was allowed to remain in Chicago thanks to that city's insane policy of refusing to
hand over illegal immigrants who have committed, or are accused of committing, heinous crimes against American citizens.
McHenry
County sheriff, 3 others sue state over immigration law. McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim and three fellow
sheriffs filed a federal lawsuit Monday [3/9/2020] seeking a court order blocking enforcement of a state law that bars them
from working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Saying the Illinois Trust Act leaves them facing "irreparable
harm" in the form of lawsuits from both sides of the immigration debate, Prim, Ogle County Sheriff Brian E. VanVickle,
Stephenson County Sheriff David Snyders and Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey also ask for a court ruling declaring that
the state measure is preempted by federal law.
ICE
officers deployed to 'flood the streets' of sanctuary cities: report. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
has begun 24-hour daily surveillance operations near the homes and workplaces of undocumented immigrants in sanctuary cities
across the country, according to an exclusive New York Times report. A senior official with the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) told reporters in February that ICE would be deploying Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to
"enhance integrity of the immigration system, protect public safety, and strengthen our national security."
ICE
defies sanctuary law to arrest illegal immigrant at San Francisco courthouse. Blocked from picking up a
repeat-felon illegal immigrant at a California jail last year, ICE officers tracked him down at a court appearance earlier
this week and made the arrest outside of San Francisco's Hall of Justice, defying a state law that claims to ban such
arrests. ICE said it had tried nine times since 2014 to get local authorities to turn over the man, 43-year-old Alberto
Uc Ponce, but each time those "detainer" requests were rebuffed. His most recent release in defiance of ICE came after
an arrest on drug and burglary charges just after Thanksgiving last year.
Ex-ICE
chief to 'sanctuary cities': Stop releasing criminals 'every day to the street'. If sanctuary cities want ICE
to focus on arresting undocumented immigrants who commit crimes, then they should stop releasing them "every day to the
street" and give ICE officers access to their jails, said former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom
Homan. "I'm sick and tired of the left saying they [ICE] need to concentrate more on criminals, but we're not going to
let you in our jail," Homan told Just the News at the Conservative Political Action Conference. "You can't have it both
ways," he said.
Report: Trump Deploying
'Elite Tactical Agents' to 10 Sanctuary Cities. President Trump is deploying a group of "elite tactical agents" to sanctuary cities across
the United States to increase the number of arrests of criminal illegal aliens, a report states. According to sources who spoke to the New York
Times, Trump is sending about 100 agents of the elite U.S. Border Patrol tactical unit known as BORTAC to sanctuary cities such as:
• Detroit, Michigan
• Chicago, Illinois
• New York City, New York
• Newark, New Jersey
• San Francisco, California
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Los Angeles, California
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Houston, Texas
• Boston, Massachusetts
The BORTAC agents are expected to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with deportation operations between February and May in an effort
to increase arrests of criminal illegal aliens by 35 percent, according to emails read to the Times.
Chicago
Mayor Tries to Justify Refusing to Cooperate with ICE after Illegal Rapes Child. Chicago's leftist, gay mayor
is attempting to justify her refusal to work with immigration officials after an illegal alien was caught raping a
three-year-old child. The Chicago Police accused Christopher Puente, 34, of sexually molesting a three-year-old child
in the bathroom of a downtown McDonald's restaurant. The suspect had previously been deported, officials said, but he
was in the city again because Chicago did not turn him over to ICE last year after an arrest for theft. Because of that
he was wandering free in the Windy City.
Democrat-run
cities, states ramping up pushback against ICE by abolishing private detention facilities. As the Trump
administration ramps up enforcement of federal immigration laws in spite of state and local ordinances designed to block or
limit the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Left-wing jurisdictions are responding. As reported
by The Wall Street Journal, Democrat-run cities and states are once again showing their preference for people in the country
illegally by targeting private facilities used by ICE to detain them.
Man
released under 'sanctuary city' rules sexually assaults 3-year-old: ICE. An illegal immigrant was
released under Chicago's "sanctuary city" policy — only to sexually assault a 3-year-old girl and leave her
sobbing for her father in a McDonald's bathroom, according to authorities. Mexican national Christopher Puente, 34, was
only in Chicago because cops refused to hold him for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after he was arrested
last year, ICE charged in a statement. He was then arrested last month for allegedly assaulting the 3-year-old after
luring her to his bathroom stall while her dad helped her brother in the restaurant restroom, the Chicago Sun-Times has reported.
IL
Gov puts illegal alien felons in communities to protect them. The Illinois governor is putting felon illegal
aliens in communities to protect them from ICE and deportation. It's his "firewall" against Trump's fake attacks on
immigrants. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has backed out of an agreement to turn illegal immigrants over to
immigration officials. As a result, some violent felons facing deportation are now being released into local communities,
the Associated Press reported.
Study
finds there are more drug overdoses in Ohio's "sanctuary" counties than non-sanctuary counties. A recent study
of drug overdose-related deaths shows that there's a link between immigration sanctuary counties and an increased number of
fatal overdoses. Well, imagine that. Within Franklin County in Ohio, the number of drug related deaths had
increased so much, that the county coroner is seeking to have another morgue established to accommodate the spike in cadavers.
Second
Circuit Rules In Favor Of Trump Administration On Sanctuary Cities. The Trump Administration won a major
victory with decision by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of its sanctions against "sanctuary cities" which
refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The decision in New York v. Department of Justice
reversed a lower court ruling blocking the policy of withholding certain grants. Despite my disagreement with friends
like Judge Napolitano, I previously stated that I thought the Administration would prevail ultimately on this challenge
though there are good-faith arguments against government. The decision could have two immediate impacts. First,
it will add pressure to cities in their opposition to the immigration policies. Second, it could create the type of
split in the circuits that make a Supreme Court review more likely as these challenges move beyond the trial level.
Court
Rules That Trump Can Withhold Funds To States That Have 'Sanctuary Cities'. A federal appeals court on Wednesday
[2/26/2020] ruled that the Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants as a way to push
states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
Appeals
court rules Trump administration can block grants to sanctuary cities. The Trump administration can withhold
grant money from New York City and several states that don't give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to jails, an
appeals court ruled Wednesday [2/26/2020]. The decision, a serious blow to "sanctuary cities," reversed a previous
ruling that prevented the federal government from withholding grants from the Big Apple and seven states — New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia. The US Justice Department in a
statement praised the decision, calling it a "major victory for Americans."
Court
Rules Trump Admin Can Withhold Federal Grants From Sanctuary Cities. A federal appeals court in New York ruled
Wednesday that the Trump administration has the right to withhold law enforcement grants to sanctuary cities. The case
involved seven states: New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Virginia and Rhode Island.
Sheriffs
association, Republican lawmakers blast state policy limiting Department of Corrections coordination with ICE when undocumented felons are
released. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday [2/25/2020] blasted what they said is a state
policy change to stop coordinating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when undocumented immigrants are released from state custody
after completing felony sentences. Before the change, the Kankakee County sheriff's office transported undocumented felons who were
leaving an Illinois Department of Corrections facility but still had a federal immigration detainer to the Jerome Combs Detention Center
in Kankakee, under a contract with ICE, Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey said. Downey said he was notified Jan. 30 that the
state was canceling the process "indefinitely, upon the advice of legal counsel."
Report:
Calls For Boycotting Greyhound Grow As Company Defies Working With ICE. Have you heard the latest about
Greyhound bus services deciding not to comply with Immigration and Custom Enforcement checks dealing with illegal
immigration? This is a strange decision since Tour Bus Operators have been telling passengers for years (decades) at
both land borders when Border Patrols Officers board the busses at borders to comply with identification requirements to
cross into foreign nations or returning to the USA. What are they thinking? The Department of Transportation can
make it harder for every bus to continue on the roads if that's what Greyhound wants, mandatory road safety checks take way
longer than immigration checks, and "all" busses are subject to them, which also means that "all" passengers will have to
step off of the bus. In contrast, the safety checks are being done, "there" no warrant needed now!
Under
New Law, Cambridge, MA Police Can't Arrest Illegal Immigrants for Driving Without a License. The city of
Cambridge, Massachusetts just brought the concept of sanctuary city to a whole new level. In an effort to protect
illegal immigrants from ICE, the city has passed a new law which directs police not to arrest illegals caught driving without
a driver's license. They don't call it the 'People's Republic of Cambridge' for nothing, folks. As a
Massachusetts native, let me assure you that pretty much every joke you've heard about Cambridge is true.
ICE
ignores California laws and arrests illegal aliens at the courthouse door. In 2018, California implemented the
California Values Act, which gave special protection to illegal aliens by mandating that California law enforcement agencies
cannot cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") thumbed
its nose at California and arrested two people in Sonoma County Superior Court. California has lots of reasons to hang
onto its roughly 2.2 — 3.5 million illegal immigrants. They provide cheap, easily-exploited labor.
They swell the state's population, which matters for electors and congresspeople, as well as the distribution of certain
federal funds. As illegal immigrants are fed into the system, they provide reliable (legal or illegal) Democrat
votes. And they make Californians feel virtuous even as they allow corrupt Latin American states to continue exploiting
their own citizens and destroying their economies by relying on remittances from people illegally in America.
Greyhound
vows to protect illegals, will stop DHS agents from immigration checks on busses. Future Greyhound passengers
beware, because going forward, rules and laws will apparently have no place on the transportation service's infamous buses.
In an emailed statement to the Associated Press, the 106-year-old company announced that it would no longer allow Department of
Homeland Security officials to board its buses to conduct what have always been routine immigration checks.
Biden
Vows No Deportations First 100 Days, No Deportations for Foreign Crimes. Democratic presidential candidate Joe
Biden said during a CNN town hall in Las Vegas on Thursday evening that under his presidential administration nobody would be
deported during his first 100 days in office. The former vice president also ruled out deporting illegal aliens for
crimes committed in other countries, which would make the United States a sanctuary for criminals all over the world.
"Nobody, and some of you are going to get mad at me with this, but nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days until
we get through the part where we find out the only rationale for deportation will be whether or not you've committed a felony
while in the country," Biden said in response to a question about ICE.
San
Fran Mayor, Sheriff Say They Won't Cooperate with Feds on Illegal Immigration. San Francisco's new Sheriff
confirmed Wednesday that his department will not comply with federal agents on illegal immigration; sayings it's in the
interest of "public safety" that undocumented workers can "report crimes." "San Francisco's newly minted sheriff said
his officers won't help federal authorities deport undocumented immigrants despite increasing pressure from the Trump
administration to crack down on people living illegally in U.S. sanctuary cities," reports Fox News.
The
Progressive Prosecutor Project. A newly minted district attorney for a major American city vows to establish an
immigration unit. At first blush, that would seem entirely normal for a prosecutor's office. Immigration laws
require enforcement, and prosecutors are in the law-enforcement business. But no — the new San Francisco DA
actually has in mind an immigration defense unit. He wants to assign a staff of prosecutors to protect
undocumented aliens — those who are either illegal and thus deportable to begin with, or for whom a criminal
conviction could result in loss of lawful status and thus eventual deportation. The unit's enforcement target would be
not the law violators but the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who enforce federal laws, along with any local
police and corrections officials who have the temerity to assist ICE in that endeavor. The prosecutors' mission, in the
words of their new boss, would be to "stand up to Trump on immigration" — the president having made signature
issues of border security and the stepped-up deportation of aliens who flout the laws.
LA
Mayor and Police Chief Record PSA Assuring Illegals They Can Get Away With Breaking American Laws. In what can
only be described as giving the middle finger to the United States of America and law and order, the mayor of Los Angeles and
his equally law-breaking police chief recorded a public service announcement letting illegal aliens know they will not be
held accountable to U.S. laws while living in L.A. "Regardless of your immigration status, I want every Angeleno to
know your city is on your side," said Mayor Eric Garcetti. "Here in Los Angeles, our police department does not coordinate
with ICE or participate in immigration enforcement." It's amazing to me that he found a lawman to stand next to him and
agree with this anarchist garbage, but indeed he did. The police chief, Michel Moore, weighed in with his thoughts:
"Our police force does not do the job of federal law enforcment...we will not enforce immigration laws."
LA
Officials Again Pander to Illegals Instead of Doing Their Job. National Border Patrol Council President Brandon
Judd had some words for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who vowed Friday [2/14/2020] that his city would "not cooperate with
ICE or participate in immigration enforcement" after the federal government announced that special tactical units (BORTAC)
would be deployed to sanctuary jurisdictions such as Los Angeles.
Trump
Administration to Deploy Elite Tactical Units to Sanctuary Cities. Elite tactical units from the Customs and Border Patrol
will be sent to sanctuary cities for several months, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday [2/14/2020]. The elite
CBP agents are normally used to deal with smugglers and other violent offenders. This is the latest in the escalating war against
sanctuary cities and states by the Trump administration. And the sanctuary cities can't do anything to stop them.
Trump
administration to deploy specialized Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities. The Trump administration is
redirecting agents from a specially trained Border Patrol unit to help ramp up arrests and removals of undocumented
immigrants in "sanctuary cities," multiple law enforcement officials confirmed Friday [2/14/2020]. Members of the U.S.
Border Patrol Tactical Unit, a rapid-response security force, are deploying to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officers in Chicago and New York. Other agents from several ports of entry and field stations along the border are
expected to be sent to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, New Jersey, a
senior Customs and Border Protection official confirmed.
New
York Governor to Meet with Trump Over Statewide Trusted Traveler Ban. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.)
is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump today to discuss the Trump Administration's ban on enrollment in "Trusted
Traveler Programs" for New York state residents, as Fox News reports. As reported last week, the Department of Homeland
Security initiated the ban after New York's passage of its "sanctuary state" law protecting illegal aliens from federal
immigration authorities. The move, announced by Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, was meant to reduce the risk of illegal
aliens possibly enrolling in the program due to their protected status in New York state. New York Attorney General
Letitia James, a far-left Democrat, announced a lawsuit against DHS as a result of the ban, claiming without evidence that it
was "political retribution."
Barr
announces new sanctions in 'significant escalation' against sanctuary cities. Attorney General William Barr
announced new measures to combat sanctuary cities in what he called a "significant escalation." Barr, 69, made the
announcement on Monday at the National Sheriff's Association 2020 Winter Legislative and Technology Conference. He said
that the Justice Department would file a number of lawsuits against state and local governments and new reviews of sanctuary
cities and prosecutors. One of the lawsuits targets a New Jersey law enforcement directive that Barr said stops
officials from sharing the immigration status of those in custody and requires authorities to notify those detained if
Immigration and Customs Enforcement files an immigration detainer request.
Trump
administration suing King County to allow deportation flights from Boeing Field. The U.S. Justice Department is
suing King County to force it to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation flights to leave from Boeing
Field, U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced Monday [2/10/2020]. King County announced last year that it would
seek to stop ICE-chartered flights from using county-owned Boeing Field to send immigrants to their home countries or to
bring others in from around the country for incarceration at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. The lawsuit,
filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on Monday, says the Constitution's Supremacy Clause and
federal law do not allow the county to discriminate against federal contractors or to impose obstacles to enforcing federal
immigration laws.
Attorney
General Barr Files Lawsuits Against Sanctuary Politicians in New Jersey, Washington. Attorney General William
Barr announced lawsuits by the Justice Department (DOJ) on Monday against politicians in the sanctuary state of New Jersey
and the sanctuary county of King County, Washington — blasting such policies as "neither lawful nor sensible."
During a speech to the National Sheriffs' Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference, Barr announced that the
DOJ was filing lawsuits against the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Democrat Governor Philip Murphy, and New Jersey Democrat
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal for the state's sanctuary policy that bans officials from sharing state records with the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Barr announces
sweeping new sanctions, 'significant escalation' against left-wing sanctuary cities. Charging that so-called
"sanctuary" cities that protect illegal immigrants are jeopardizing domestic security, Attorney General Bill Barr announced a
slew of additional sanctions that he called a "significant escalation" against left-wing local and state governments that
obstruct the "lawful functioning of our nation's immigration system." Speaking at the National Sheriff's Association 2020
Winter Legislative and Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., Barr said the Justice Department would immediately file
multiple lawsuits against sanctuary jurisdictions for unconstitutionally interfering with federal immigration enforcement,
and implement unprecedented national reviews of left-wing sanctuary governments and prosecutors.
Democrats
Hate What Trump Is Highlighting about Them. Favoring hardened criminals over citizens isn't just radical; it is
also stupid. As I've noted before, this is the issue that Republicans should be pounding in the suburbs.
Suburbanites who may be uneasy at the tone of some of the president's comments or tweets, particularly as spun by the media,
will be horrified when they realize that their families are being put in real danger by a party that is for tossing rapists,
drug-dealers, and murderers back into their midst. I live in one of these jurisdictions, so I've had a front-row seat
to observe how quickly this can damage what were once model communities. Elections are binary propositions. There
are plenty of people who don't personally like the president who will vote for him when the other choice is somebody
promising to put their families in danger.
NYC
Releases Illegal Immigrant Attempted Rapist Despite ICE Detainer. Martin Estrada-Barela was arrested by the
NYPD Jan. 17, 2019, on the charges of attempted rape, unlawful imprisonment, and attempted assault. Estrada-Barela was
subsequently arraigned and remanded into the custody of the NYCDOC. On January 20, 2019, ERO officers assigned to ERO
New York's Criminal Alien Program lodged a detainer with the NYCDOC. In Feb. 2019, Estrada-Barela posted bond and was
released from NYCDOC custody without the detainer being honored, as a result of New York City's sanctuary policies.
Orange
County Has Released Thousands Of Criminal Illegal Aliens Because Of California's Sanctuary Law. The Orange
County Sheriff's Department has been forced to release thousands of criminal illegal aliens in the past two years, with both
the sheriff's department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement blaming California's statewide sanctuary law.
California's SB 54, legislation that largely restricts cooperation between ICE and law enforcement, went into effect in
January 2018. Since that time, Orange County has released over 2,100 illegal aliens back into the community despite ICE
detainers placed on every single one of them, the agency announced in a Wednesday press release. The sheriff's
department released 1,106 inmates without notifying ICE in 2018 and released another 1,015 again in 2019 without notifying
the agency.
Sanctuary
recidivism rate at 25% in California's Orange County. Orange County in California is seeing a recidivism rate
of more than 25% for illegal immigrants it has released under the state's sanctuary law, according to new data the sheriff's
department released and ICE highlighted this week. Migrants who were released then rearrested for new crimes had
charges of rape, domestic violence, DUI and child sex offenses. In 2019, Orange County said it got requests from U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement to turn over 1,507 inmates. It did release 492 of them to ICE after they'd
completed their sentences, but 1,105 were put back on the streets under the terms of the state's sanctuary law, known as SB54.
Democrats
Don't Care About American Lives. In defiance of federal law, Democrats host sanctuary cities which protect
illegal alien rapists, murders, drug dealers, and career criminals. Outrageously, illegals are gifted driver's
licenses, healthcare, attorneys, allowed to vote and numerous handouts unavailable to U.S. citizens. Democrats deem
coddling illegals more important than American lives. Kate Steinle was shot and killed by an illegal alien while
strolling with her dad on a lazy Sunday afternoon in San Francisco. Kate's murderer had been deported numerous times
and repeatedly welcomed back to the sanctuary city. Democrats acquitted Kate's murderer and even voted down a law to
punish deported illegals who keep coming back.
'Show
up to court with a toothbrush': ICE says sanctuary city officials should expect jail time if they ignore
subpoenas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is prepared to go to court with two "sanctuary cities,"
Denver, Colorado, and New York City, if they fail to provide personal information on illegal immigrants with criminal records
released in each city instead of being transferred to ICE. "We expect them to comply" with subpoenas for the information,
said acting ICE Director Matt Albence at a press conference in Washington on Thursday [1/23/2020]. "If they don't comply,
we'll be working with DOJ to go to district court to force them to comply with the requirements," Albence said, noting the rule
in the U.S. Code that he said justified the move.
De
Blasio's 'sanctuary city' policy is leaving NYC more dangerous by the day: Devine. New Yorkers don't care
whether the mayor likes his bagels toasted or with extra cream cheese. We care that our city feels more dangerous by
the day. We care that 92-year-old Maria Fuertes was sexually assaulted, choked and left for dead outside her Queens
home one freezing night last week. We care that the 21-year-old illegal immigrant charged with her murder would not
have been on the street if the city had complied with a simple detainer request from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officials, pending possible deportation. Instead, like every one of the 2,916 detainers the NYPD received from ICE in
the 12 months to June 30 last year, the request to detain Guyanese national Reeaz Khan was ignored, with fatal
consequences.
ICE
subpoenas Denver law enforcement for information on illegal aliens arrested for violent crimes. For the first
time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued subpoenas to fellow members of law enforcement. In the past
most law enforcement agents around the country would work with them to remove criminal aliens from the Unites States but the
spread of sanctuary laws has forced ICE to demand information some states and municipalities will no longer share.
Specifically in this case, ICE is demanding the city of Denver provide information on four illegal aliens who had been
arrested for crimes.
New
York sanctuary policy forced release of suspect in shocking murder. New York City defied a deportation request
from ICE last year and released an illegal immigrant into the community — and now he stands accused of killing a
92-year-old woman beloved by her community. Reeaz Khan, 21, has been charged with murder and sexual abuse against
someone incapable of consent. Police say they caught him initiating the attack on surveillance video. U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says he never should have been out on the streets anyway, after he was arrested on
weapons and assault charged last year, and ICE asked New York to turn him over.
Illinois
Sanctuary County Frees 1K Criminal Illegal Aliens into U.S. in 2019. The sanctuary county of Cook County,
Illinois, released more than 1,000 criminal illegal aliens back into American communities in fiscal year 2019, federal data
finds. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials revealed this week that Cook County — which has
shielded criminal illegal aliens from deportation since at least September 2011 — freed about 1,070 criminal
illegal aliens back into neighboring communities in fiscal year 2019.
Woman
murdered in road rage attack. CA mayor: Sorry, but we're still not working with ICE. Once again, an
illegal alien has killed an American citizen and sanctuary policies in California are being exposed for the dangers they
pose. Shauna White, speaking on Tucker Carlson Tonight, blasted Oakland, CA mayor Libby Schaaf, who famously in 2018
leaked information of an upcoming U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in the area in a press release, which
was also posted on Twitter. White's daughter Madisyn was shot in a road rage incident after getting into a fender
bender. The suspect, Roberto Martinez, 19 is an illegal alien who had been living in Hayward, CA.
Undocumented
woman marks a year inside Maryland church. Next to Rock Creek in Bethesda, Maryland, sits a six-acre church
campus shrouded by old cedar trees. For a year and two weeks, this has been Rosa Gutierrez Lopez's home, sanctuary and
site of confinement. This year, for the second time, it is where she will spend Christmas. Gutierrez Lopez, 41,
was the first undocumented immigrant in the Washington area to seek protection from deportation at a house of worship - one
of the "sensitive location" categories where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are discouraged from conducting
enforcement activities.
Don't Look Away.
They do crazy things like declare "sanctuary cities" for illegal immigrants, in contravention of federal law, or have minor
judges block presidential orders or directives. Or lie shamelessly about the actions of Obama at the border,
attributing them to Trump. And we look away. We look away instead of getting in their faces. We look away.
Boston
approves new limits on police in immigration matters. Boston lawmakers imposed new limits on police in
immigration matters Wednesday in response to revelations the department has been closely coordinating with federal
authorities for years despite a sanctuary city policy.
Maryland
Sanctuary Counties to Free Accused Illegal Alien Child Rapists, Murderers, Child Abusers. Maryland sanctuary
counties are expected to release into the United States six illegal aliens accused of child rape, assault, murder, and child
abuse, federal immigration officials say. The sanctuary counties of Prince George County, Maryland, and Montgomery
County, Maryland, may soon release six illegal aliens who are accused of a number of violent crimes against children and
American citizens, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
AG
Barr: ICE can defy courtroom sanctuary policies in the states. Attorney General William P. Barr pleaded
with the chief justices in Oregon and Washington on Thursday [11/21/2019] not to adopt sanctuary policies for their
courthouses, saying the states are already releasing enough dangerous illegal immigrant criminals onto their streets without
adding more to the tally. Mr. Barr, in a stern letter, pointed to several recent cases out of the Seattle area
where gang-connected illegal immigrants stand accused of vicious murders, including one where a popular high school teen was
pummeled to death with a bat then chopped to pieces with a machete. And he warned that ICE officers and Border Patrol
agents are free to make arrests in public areas of courthouses, suggesting the two states' attempts to expand their sanctuary
policies to cover courtrooms will have limited effect.
Department
of Justice Threatens to Arrest Oregon Judges Who Try to Keep Immigration Agents From Enforcing the Law. As
we've seen for the past three years, vast swaths of the nation's judiciary are in opposition to the rule of law. In the
federal courts, we are seeing judges interject themselves into mundane and banal executive branch actions simply to obstruct
the ability of the Trump administration to govern because those judges oppose the policy decisions by the administration.
These decisions are routinely overturned on appeal but the net effect is depriving the administration of months or years of
potential actions. At the state level, we're seeing state judges in lockstep with progressive state governments in trying
to hamstring the ability of federal agencies to perform their duties. The chief target is Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) which has the responsibility for enforcing immigration laws within the interior of the United States.
'It Was
Clearly Criminal': How A Massachusetts Judge Allegedly Helped An Illegal Alien Escape ICE. A Massachusetts
judge, indicted for allegedly helping sneak an illegal alien out of a courtroom in order to avoid an Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agent, is opting to fight the charges instead of accepting a plea deal. Federal prosecutors charged Shelley
Joseph, a Newton District Court judge, with obstruction of justice in April for allegedly helping an illegal alien sneak
through the backdoor of a courthouse, allowing him to evade an ICE officer who was waiting to apprehend him. Instead of
taking a plea deal that would allow her to avoid prosecution, Joseph is preparing to go to trial.
Third
Seattle-area murder tied to sanctuary city policy. Immigration officials on Friday [11/15/2019] tied a third
murder arrest in two months to sanctuary city policies in the Seattle area, saying an illegal immigrant who was twice
shielded from deportation by King County slew a man "as he lay asleep in his own home." The man Julio Cruz-Velazquez is
accused of killing, Sam Nang Lam, a legal immigrant, according to authorities. Cruz-Velazquez has an extensive rap
sheet that includes charges of second-degree rape last year — but it was pleaded down to second-degree
assault. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked to be notified upon his release from jail so he could be
deported, but King County refused, ICE said.
Maryland
Officials Drop Sanctuary Policy After Illegal Alien Sex Crimes. Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland have
dropped a portion of their sanctuary policy — which had been shielding criminal illegal aliens from
deportation — following a series of sex crimes allegedly committed by illegal aliens. ABC 7 News's Kevin
Lewis reports that Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (D) has "quietly reversed" the county's sanctuary policy whereby
agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency had been banned from entering secure locations of the county
jail to properly take custody over illegal aliens charged with crimes.
Tucson
rejects sanctuary city status. Voters in Tucson, Arizona had to make a decision yesterday [11/5/2019]about Prop 205.
The measure would have designated their municipality as the only sanctuary city in the state, placing significant restrictions on police in
terms of when they can check on the immigration status of suspects. Supporters of the measure also said it would make the city a
more "welcoming" place to (presumably illegal) immigrants. Tucson's progressives that had pushed for the referendum described it
as something that would "send a strong message to Donald Trump." Well, the message has been sent. It didn't take long to
tally the votes on this measure after the polls closed last night, and the sanctuary city proposition went down in flames.
Sanctuary
County Rolls Back Its Anti-ICE Policy Following String Of Illegal Aliens Charged With Rape. Following months of
national media coverage over the handling of illegal aliens in his custody, Montgomery County, Maryland, Executive Marc
Elrich has somewhat reversed a sanctuary policy he signed into law. Elrich will allow Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agents the ability to access certain areas of the Montgomery County jail in order to apprehend illegal
aliens, according to ABC7 News. A county spokesman confirmed to the local news outlet on Nov. 1 that correctional
officers have been ordered to give ICE agents clearance to "identified areas" of the jail to "ensure that transfers are
conducted in a safe environment."
North
Carolina Sanctuary Cities Freed 500 Criminal Illegal Aliens This Year. More than 500 criminal illegal aliens
were released back onto the streets of North Carolina this fiscal year by sanctuary cities, according to federal immigration
officials. Newly released data by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency reveals the degree to which
sanctuary cities and counties in North Carolina are protecting criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation.
When
Sanctuary Policies Win, America's Children Lose. Sanctuary policies have become a pox on America and weakened
the nation in a growing number of areas. The most obvious area is preventable crime — and the number of
innocent Americans killed and injured by illegal aliens is a national disgrace. Less known is the degree to which
unchecked and illegal mass migration into the country has strained our school system and reduced the quality of our
children's education. The city of Chicago is Exhibit A.
Fairfax
County, Virginia Presents Dire Warning to America. Fairfax's descent into its current state started with a wave
immigration, much of it illegal, into the area which washed away Republican political viability. Fairfax County became
a nullification (sanctuary) county in 2018 and now puts a significant chunk of money into its budget to defend noncitizens
from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, although the problem started long before that. By 2015, 30% of the
county was foreign-born. MI-13, [sic] a brutal criminal gang, is now more active than ever, and the once marquee
schools have started what will be a long slide through mediocrity to abysmal. Fairfax just ranked seventh among the
highest-crime sanctuary jurisdictions, ranking just below Chicago and tied with a nearby Maryland county that has had at
least nine illegal alien sexual assaults since its sanctuary policy was declared in late July. That's staggering.
Fairfax County now is on a list of shame with Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco.
Please
treat me like an illegal immigrant. If I ever get jammed up with the law, I ask for no special treatment.
Just treat me like an illegal immigrant. Forget the 14th Amendment. I don't want no stinkin' "equal protection
under the law." What I fervently desire is some illegal-immigrant protection under the law — which basically means
no laws. Seriously, that's what the woke community is now espousing for the fentanyl-dealing, drunken-driving,
gangbanging, identity-stealing MS-13 community livin' high on the dole here, compliments of Tio Sap. If you doubt me,
peruse the friend-of-the-court briefs filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of indicted Newton District Court Judge Shelley
Joseph. Joseph is a former member of the Democratic State Committee from Brookline who was appointed by fake Republican
Governor "Tall Deval" Baker. How much more do you need to know? You may recall the basics of this crooked judge's
case — she and a door-opener in her courtroom are charged with cutting loose a twice-deported Dominican arrested
with drugs after stonewalling a federal ICE agent waiting in the lobby.
Ted
Cruz utterly obliterates Democrats' argument for sanctuary cities. When Senator Ted Cruz addressed ICE's acting
Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations Timothy Robbins today, it was clear from the beginning
the conservative firebrand was upset. His Democratic Senate colleagues had just asked Robbins whether there were
non-violent criminals among the illegal immigrants released in sanctuary cities, to which Robbins gave the obvious reply.
They even invoked a "grandmother in Chicago" who was among those sanctuary cities protected. By the time Cruz was done
with his questioning and five-minute rant, anyone listening who had a brain and a pulse would either be left cheering if they
oppose sanctuary cities or speechless if they support them. [Video clip]
California's
War on Citizenship. California — a one-party state dominated by progressives — has become
the model for where progressivism will go when completely unchecked. Now, even the basic concept of citizenship is
under full-blown assault as the state has moved on from being a "sanctuary state" for illegal immigrants to outright
insisting that noncitizens have the same access to the levers of power as citizens. California Gov. Gavin Newsom
recently signed legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to serve on government boards and commissions. He also
signed another bill that would make it illegal to make immigration-related arrests at courthouses.
California
governor pardons three convicted immigrants to help block deportations. California Gov. Gavin Newsom
announced Friday [10/18/2019] he's pardoning three immigrants who've been convicted of crimes as part of an effort to protect
them from deportation to their home countries. The three men — originally from El Salvador, Iran and
Cambodia — broke the law as teens or young adults, served their sentences and have taken steps to rehabilitate
themselves, the governor's office said.
ICE
says New York defied deportation request to release child abuser. New York authorities released a convicted
child abuser into the community, defying an ICE request that he be held for deportation, and he went on to be arrested for
yet another case of abuse, federal officials said Tuesday [10/15/2019]. [...] He'd been ordered deported in 2004 but was in
the U.S. as a fugitive earlier this year when he was charged with sexual abuse against pre-teen children. He ended up
pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of "Act in Manner to Injure Child," and was sentenced to six months. ICE placed
a detainer request on him, which requests deportation officers be notified before a release — and in some cases,
that the target be held an additional period of time so officers can get there for pickup. But the city released him in
defiance of the request, ICE says.
It's
Now Mandatory for Florida Cities and Counties to Cooperate with ICE. Last June, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
(R) kept a campaign promise by signing SB168 into law, which requires all Florida cities to cooperate with ICE (Immigration
and Customs Enforcement). The knee-jerk reaction of Democrat opponents, of course, was to file a lawsuit in federal
court that temporarily delayed the law from going into effect. But U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom recently ruled that
parts of a new Florida immigration law, seen by opponents as a "sanctuary city ban," could go into effect as of October 1.
She continued to block a portion of the law requiring state law enforcement to cross state lines to assist ICE. However,
she allowed other portions of the law to go into effect — which now makes it mandatory for Florida cities and
counties to cooperate with ICE.
Sanctuary
county releases rape suspect who immediately targets victim again: ICE. An Oklahoma sheriff's department
defied ICE and released an accused rapist from jail this week — and within hours he was back at the door of his
alleged victim, the agency said Thursday [10/10/2019], saying the county's sanctuary policy put the woman at risk.
Antonio Ulises Perez was arrested on suspicion of forcible rape on Sept. 30. He made bond early Wednesday morning.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had asked that he be transferred to the custody of deportation officers, but it said the
Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department refused and released him instead.
Illegal
immigrant accused of gang murder after sanctuary policy blocks deportation. Police in the Seattle suburb of
Bellevue had a chance to get Carlos Daniel Carillo-Lopez, an illegal immigrant, off the streets in March — but a
local jail defied a deportation notification request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and released him into the
community. Three weeks later, police say, the 19-year-old Guatemalan, eager to join the violent Surenos street gang,
took part in a murder posse that tracked down and slew a teen from a rival gang. Mr. Carillo-Lopez, who came to
the U.S. as part of the Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) surge, is at the crossroads of the current immigration debate, having
gained a foothold in the U.S. thanks to more relaxed policies for those children — then managed to remain here,
despite a growing criminal record, thanks to the prevalence of sanctuary city policies.
Chicago
Orders its Cops: Do Not Cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security on Illegal Immigration. In
late September, Chicago cops were told how it is on immigration enforcement. The directive had a distinctive separatist
vibe: Don't cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security where illegal immigration is concerned. Fox News
obtained a memo sent out in late September ordering the men and women in blue to press Pause and wait for a supervisor before
any assistance to DHS.
Virginia
police officer suspended after turning in suspected undocumented immigrant over to ICE. A Virginia police
officer was suspended after allegedly turning over a suspected undocumented immigrant to federal authorities following a
traffic accident last month. The Fairfax County Police Department didn't identify the officer in a statement released
Tuesday [10/1/2019] but said the incident occurred on Sept. 21 when an officer was dispatched to a car accident. The
officer discovered one of the drivers didn't have a Virginia driver's license and ran a check with the state Department of Motor
Vehicles, police said. The check revealed the driver had a violation for failing to appear for a deportation hearing.
Fairfax
County officer suspended for turning driver over to ICE after accident, police say. A Fairfax County police
officer has been suspended for allegedly detaining a driver involved in a traffic accident and turning the person over to
Immigration and Customs Enforcement after discovering the individual had an immigration violation, the department announced
Tuesday [9/1/2019]. Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. apologized for the incident, saying the unnamed
officer apparently violated the department's long-standing policy against performing civil immigration enforcement for ICE.
An investigation was underway.
Update:
Fairfax
County cancels suspension, restores officer who cooperated with ICE. Stung by a public outcry, Fairfax County
Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. announced Wednesday [10/2/2019] that he had canceled the suspension and restored to duty
an officer who had turned an illegal immigrant over to ICE. Chief Roessler said an investigation is still ongoing but he
ended the officer's suspension after a "procedural policy recommendation" as of Friday. "We have one of the best police forces
in the U.S. and I have confidence that our officer will represent us well throughout his career," the chief said in a statement.
Chicago police
instructs officers to not cooperate with DHS, memo shows. The Chicago Police Department advised officers not to
cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security, particularly in situations involving immigration arrests, according to an
internal department memo obtained by Fox News. Instead of assisting DHS upon request, officers are instructed to wait for
their supervisor to arrive, the memo said. Once the supervisor arrives, "if the request is to assist with an immigration
arrest or detention, CPD personnel will leave the scene as directed by the CPD supervisor," according to the memo.
Sometimes it is necessary to re-state the obvious.
Top
agent: Sanctuary city policies hurt ICE, help criminals. The region's top ICE official is urging
sanctuary cities, such as Somerville, Cambridge and Boston, to stop "vilifying" his agents and help deport drug dealers and
other criminals. Todd Michael Lyons, New England Field Office deputy director, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officers should be treated like any cop on the beat. "We respect state and local law," Lyons said. "All that we
wish is an open line of communication ... to help those communities be safer and stronger."
Appeals
court rules southern Minnesota sheriff cannot arrest and detain people on behalf of ICE. A sheriff in southern
Minnesota cannot detain people on behalf of the federal government for immigration violations until a lawsuit challenging the
legality of such practices is resolved, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday [9/23/2019]. Nobles County Sheriff
Kent Wilkening had asked the court to overturn a previously granted, temporary restraining order that barred him from detaining
undocumented immigrants for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, even after they posted bond or served their jail time.
California
Introduces Bill to Ban ICE Detention Centers, Private Prisons. The state of California is cracking down on
"private for-profit prisons" after introducing a bill to ban the facilities. Moreover, it means shutting down U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's privately run detention centers. The bill AB-42 passed the state assembly
Wednesday [9/11/2019] with 65 votes in favorable votes. According to Newsweek, it would mean shutting down
four detention centers holding "up to 4,500 inmates."
'Dangerous
and reckless': Thom Tillis furious N.C. sanctuary cities let loose nearly 500 illegals. Sen. Thom Tillis
on Monday blasted sanctuary cities in his home state of North Carolina for turning loose nearly 500 illegal immigrants
despite detention requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "These North Carolina counties are releasing
illegal immigrants charged with violent crimes like rape and murder without even notifying federal officials, jeopardizing
public safety," Mr. Tillis fumed.
'Sanctuary'
county decries reporting on illegal-alien rapes. Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland — a
self-declared "sanctuary" for illegal aliens — are criticizing conservative media and the Trump administration for
drawing attention to the recent spate of illegal aliens arrested for sexual assault. Seven illegal aliens from Central
America have been arrested in the county, just north of Washington, D.C., on sex crime-related charges since July 25.
But the city council is putting the spotlight on the messengers.
Officials
In 'Sanctuary' County Lash Out At Conservative Media For Reporting On String Illegal Alien Sex Crimes.
Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, blamed conservative media, the White House and a top immigration official Thursday
for drawing attention to a recent spate of sexual assaults carried out by illegal aliens. The county, which is just
north of Washington, D.C., has drawn national attention after seven illegal aliens from Central America were arrested there
on sex crime-related charges since July 25. "There has been a lot of inaccurate information spread by the White House,
President Trump, Acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli, local and national conservative news outlets and neo-Nazi sympathizers
regarding our criminal justice system and its process," the county council said in a statement.
ICE
sweeps out a slew of war criminals and human rights violators shielded by sanctuary cities. Democrats, who have
called for the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for months, screaming loudly about its raids on
illegal immigrants, and demonizing its officers, suddenly don't have a lot to say about this one.
Officials
In 'Sanctuary' County Lash Out At Conservative Media For Reporting On String Illegal Alien Sex Crimes. Officials
in Montgomery County, Maryland, blamed conservative media, the White House and a top immigration official Thursday [9/5/2019]
for drawing attention to a recent spate of sexual assaults carried out by illegal aliens. The county, which is just
north of Washington, D.C., has drawn national attention after seven illegal aliens from Central America were arrested there
on sex crime-related charges since July 25.
Sheriff
Blasts Sanctuary County Leader After Seven Illegals Arrested For Sex Crimes In Five Weeks. Sanctuary policies
are putting nearby communities in danger, not as an abstract idea, but demonstrably with particular crimes and offenders,
they can point to for evidence. Even things as serious as sex crimes.
Judicial
Watch Seeking Permanent Injunction Against California County's Sanctuary Policy. Non-profit government watchdog
Judicial Watch announced Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court seeking a permanent injunction to bar
Santa Clara County officials from enforcing a sanctuary policy that protects illegal aliens accused of heinous crimes.
Filed on behalf of Santa Clara County taxpayer Howard Myers, the suit requests an injunction against Sheriff Laurie Smith and
Rick Sung, acting chief of corrections. The injunction would prevent Smith and Sung "from expending taxpayer funds and
taxpayer-financed resources on a recently enacted policy that requires federal immigration officials to obtain a judicial
warrant before an alien in Santa Clara County's custody may be transferred to federal immigration officials' custody for
removal from the United States."
North
Carolina Governor Roy Cooper Vetoes Bill Requiring Local Authorities to Cooperate with ICE. Governor Roy Cooper
(D-N.C.) vetoed a bill on Wednesday [8/21/2019] that would require local law enforcement to work more closely with federal
authorities to detain illegal aliens, according to Fox News. The move generated swift condemnation from the state's
Republicans, who control both houses of the legislature, with some vowing to hold a subsequent vote to override his
veto. "Governor Cooper... prefers to pander to his far-left supporters," said State Senator Chuck Edwards.
Illegal
Alien Accused of Rape, Child Sex Crimes Released by Sanctuary County. North Carolina's largest sanctuary county
released a previously deported illegal alien accused of rape and child sex crimes, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) agency reveals. Oscar Pacheco-Leonardo, a 33-year-old illegal alien from Honduras, was arrested almost two months
ago by the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Sheriff's Office for first-degree rape and child sex crimes. After his
arrest, ICE officials said they placed a detainer on Pacheco-Leonardo, requesting that he be turned over to the agency before
being released from local custody.
Judge
Accused of Helping Immigrant Escape ICE Through Court Back Door Sees Pay and Benefits Restored. A Massachusetts
judge who was suspended in April over allegations she helped an immigrant escape immigration authorities by sneaking him out
a courthouse back door is set to have her pay restored, as her own case continues to play out in court. On Tuesday, the
Supreme Judicial Court said it had revised an April order stripping Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph of her pay and
benefits, allowing the judge to return to the payroll while her case continues.
Cincinnati
forms a network to combat potential ICE raids of immigrants here illegally. Cincinnati will create a Rapid
Response Network to protect the city's immigrants and refugees from raids by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE),
Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld announced during a news conference on Thursday [7/25/2019]. Sittenfeld filed a motion on
July 17 to form the Rapid Response Network, which was signed by six council members including Sittenfeld.
Investigation:
Washington Sanctuary County Releases Hundreds of Illegal Aliens Charged with Felonies. Washington state's
central sanctuary county released hundreds of illegal aliens charged with felonies such as homicide, kidnapping, and sexual
assault over the course of two years, a new investigation finds. Records obtained by the Immigration Reform Law
Institute (IRLI) reveal that the sanctuary jurisdiction of King County, Washington — which includes Seattle —
failed to honor more than 370 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency detainers that were placed on arrested illegal
aliens — including those charged with serious felonies.
Immigrant advocates file lawsuit against new
Florida law prohibiting 'sanctuary cities'. Florida's new so-called "sanctuary cities" law, which prohibits
local governments from enacting sanctuary policies and requires local law enforcement to help ICE detain immigrants without
warrants, is being challenged as unconstitutional. A coalition of immigrant rights groups, including Florida Immigrant
Coalition, Farmworker Association of Florida, WeCount!, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Hope Community Center, QLatinx, and
the City of Miami filed the suit in federal court in Miami this morning. The injunction request is the first lawsuit to
target the controversial law.
Illegal
Alien Charged With Child Molestation in North Carolina 'Sanctuary City'. An Asheboro man has been charged with
4 counts of felony indecent liberties with a child among several other charges, according to Randolph County Sheriff's Office
news release. The release says deputies received a report on July 5 about allegations of sex offenses involving a
minor. An investigation into the allegations showed evidence that Victor Estuardo Diaz, 22, of Asheboro, committed acts
against a child under 15, deputies say.
Of Progressive
Carnivores and Cannibals. Obama once protested that he was no king who could open the border and grant
amnesties by fiat. Yet his view of immigration has metamorphosed well beyond DACA and Dreamers into Democratic
candidates going into Mexico to escort aliens unlawfully into our country, and 500 sanctuary jurisdictions in which federal
immigration law is all but null and void. An American citizen convicted of using a fake Social Security Number and
phony ID is a felon who is all but unemployable; an illegal alien who commits the same crimes learns quickly that these are
not deportable offenses and mostly never prosecuted.
Bill
De Blasio Assists Illegals: 'We Will Do Everything We Can to Protect You'. In a series of tweets published
Saturday [7/13/2019], Democrat presidential hopeful and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio insisted that those residing
illegally in the Big Apple stand their ground against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
President
Trump Wins A Victory Over Sanctuary Cities In The Ninth Circuit. One of the most dysfunctional elements in our
notoriously dysfunctional immigration system is the ability of municipalities to declare themselves "sanctuary cities."
In essence, this means that cities refuse to cooperate with efforts by ICE to apprehend and deport illegal aliens, even
criminals, because OrangeManBad. While I think that this is patently illegal and folks should be indicted for this —
name another federal law enforcement issue where anyone puts up with this [nonsense], is there a sanctuary city for automatic
weapons? — my bottom line opinion is that if the citizens of those cities want to live in a Third World [...] hole
overrun by a criminal population, then they should be allowed to vote to make that happen. Where my line is drawn is when
these goons demand that the federal government take my money to support their effort. That was the issue in a case called
City of Los Angeles vs. William Barr that was decided yesterday [7/12/2019] in the Ninth Circuit.
Appeals
court grants Trump administration win to snub 'sanctuary cities'. The Trump administration scored its first
judicial win in its long-running battle to punish so-called sanctuary cities for defying federal immigration laws. A
three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a nationwide injunction barring Department of Justice from
rewarding cities and counties that cooperate with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in deportations. Los Angeles
officials had sued to stop the DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, saying that it amounted to federal
coercion. But in a 2-1 decision, the court found that the Trump administration has a right to reward behavior that it favors.
9th Circuit
sides with Trump on sanctuary cities. Many parts of Los Angeles are lined with the homeless living in
tents. Instead of tending the needs of American citizens, the Democrats who run the city welcome illegal aliens.
Now the politicians will pay for that decision. The Hill reported, "The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in
favor of the Trump administration's efforts to prioritize federal dollars for local policing to towns and cities that
complied with certain immigration policies. "The ruling, a split 2-1 decision, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) was
within its rights to withhold Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants from sanctuary cities and states over their
refusal to work with federal immigration enforcement authorities and instead prioritize agencies that focused on unauthorized
immigration and agreed to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to jail records and immigrants in custody.
Victims
of illegal alien crimes may soon be able to sue sanctuary cities. Republican Representative from North Carolina
Thom Tillis sent out a press release on Tuesday [7/9/2019] which details upcoming legislation that will give a voice to those
victimized by illegal aliens protected by sanctuary city policies. "The legislation creates a private right of civil
action for the victims of sanctuary jurisdictions, allowing them to bring an action for compensatory damages against the
sanctuary jurisdiction as a result of a violent crime committed by an illegal immigrant," it reads. "Any sanctuary city
or jurisdiction that refuses to waive its immunity as it relates to sanctuary-related civil action would be subject to the
withholding of certain Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding."
Would-Be
Democratic Presidents Want to Make America a Sanctuary Country. The star of Thursday night's Democratic
presidential primary debate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), was attorney general of California and, before that,
district attorney for San Francisco. This put her in the vanguard of the Golden State's sanctuary state and sanctuary
city policies. Now, it seems, all the 2020 Democratic hopefuls — and Harris in particular — are
trying to turn the United States into one big sanctuary country where crossing the border illegally is analogous to
jaywalking. That's why all 10 Democrats raised their hands Thursday night when asked if they wanted to make crossing
the border without documentation a civil rather than criminal offense. They all also raised their hands when asked if
they wanted to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants.
Chicago
Mayor Makes It Perfectly Clear — The Windy City Will Not Cooperate With ICE Raids. Her name is Lori
Lightfoot. She's the far-left Democrat mayor of Chicago that replaced far-left Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Lightfoot
wants illegal aliens to know that they are welcome in the Windy City, because who needs laws?
Poll:
Support for Florida Gov. DeSantis Surges After Sanctuary City Ban. Support for Florida Governor Ron
DeSantis (R) is surging in recent weeks following a major legislative victory that banned sanctuary cities across the
state. The latest Quinnipiac Poll reveals that across the board, more voters in every demographic group in
Florida — except with Democrat voters and black Americans — approve of the job DeSantis is doing as
governor than those who disapprove.
Why Won't Left-Wing
Sanctuary Cities Welcome The Diversity Of Asylum Seekers? The Trump administration debated moving some of the
thousands of migrants now massing through our southern border into various self-proclaimed sanctuary cities across the United
States. Talk about great news for blue America. The left tells us that all immigration is good. More
immigration is better. There is no distinction between legal and illegal varieties of immigration. If you
disagree with any of this, you're a white nationalist. That's what they've said almost every day for the last two
years. And now, completely out of the blue, comes the man they despise most in the world, Donald J. Trump, offering
them what they want more than anything: more immigrants, immediately, delivered right to their door at federal expense.
It must have been like Christmas morning. But that's not how they responded. The left wasn't happy about Trump's offer.
Trump
kickoff kicks Democrats' dangerous obsession with sanctuary cities. Favoring sanctuary cities should be a disqualification for
a potential president, President Trump said Tuesday [6/18/2019]. "No one who supports sanctuary cities should be allowed to run
for president of the United States," he told nearly 20,000 cheering supporters in Orlando, where he kicked off his 2020 reelection
campaign. It's a view that I never heard him express before in a prepared speech.
Florida
Says Adios To 'Sanctuary City Declarations. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday [6/14/2019] signed a controversial
bill that prevents cities throughout the Sunshine State to declare themselves "sanctuary cities." Instead, the bill mandates
cities and law enforcement personnel cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "I am proud to sign the
bill presented to me by the Florida Legislature to uphold the rule of law and ensure that no city or county jurisdiction can
get in the way of Florida's cooperation with our federal partners to enforce immigration law," DeSantis said in a statement on
Friday. "This is about public safety, not about politics. We must do everything within our power, and use all the
tools available to us, to ensure that our communities are safe."
Florida
Governor Signs Anti-Sanctuary City Bill Into Law. In an aggressive attempt to enforce immigration law, Florida
governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law banning sanctuary cities in the state. The law requires state agencies and
law enforcement entities to support federal law enforcement when addressing illegal immigration in the state. Sanctuary
cities restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, meaning that they can serve as safe havens for illegal
immigrants looking to avoid deportation. Over the course of his tenure, the Trump administration has targeted sanctuary
cities with funding cuts for refusing to work with federal agencies such as Immigration Customs and Enforcement. There
are currently no sanctuary cities in Florida, meaning the law bans any future defiance of federal immigration law from
Florida's municipalities.
Can
California Be Saved, or Is It Too Late? How did this state, once the envy of all others, become the pathetic,
indebted loser state it is today? The answer is simple, single-party Democratic rule. [...] [W]e are a sanctuary state
that protects all manner of illegal immigrants, no matter how serious the crimes they've committed. Think Jose Garcia
Zanate who killed Kate Steinle. He had been deported seven times but was out and about on the streets of San Francisco
with the blessings of SF law enforcement; they aim to protect the criminals at the expense of the law-abiding. ICE is
the enemy in sanctuary cities and states, the thugs are victims.
What's
the matter with California? California wants to look after its people, so it keeps expanding its social safety
net. It also wants to welcome all comers and so embraces illegal immigrants and protects them in sanctuary cities.
To see how this is working out, visit Skid Row in L.A. or neighborhoods in San Francisco or elsewhere where homeless camps are
spreading. Caring for all Californians is made harder by the state importing as many non-Americans as possible.
How
a Post-Civil War Supreme Court Decision Dismantles Sanctuary Cities. Shortly after the Civil War and the
passage of the 14th Amendment, the US Supreme Court decided the Slaughter-House cases. Historically, many people have
looked at these decisions as severely limiting the ability of the federal government and federal courts from interfering with
state government functions by using the Privileges and Immunities clause of the 14th Amendment. Regardless of your
position on that debate, this article looks at how the decision by Justice Miller in 1873 actually provides a strong precedent
for using the Privileges and Immunities clause of the 14th Amendment against all sanctuary states, counties, and cities.
Sheriff Says
Democratic Presidential Candidate Should Be Arrested for Signing Sanctuary Bill. A local sheriff wants
Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to be held in contempt of Congress, or even arrested, for signing a sanctuary bill
into law. "There is no way that this law is going to be followed because I have a responsibility to make sure that
criminals are taken off the streets of my county, regardless of immigration status. I will be helping my federal
partners do that," Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Friday [5/31/2019] on Fox News.
Judge
Who Helped Illegal Alien Escape Turns Down Plea Deal. Hillary Clinton was spotted walking in the Newcastle Memorial
Day parade in Chappaqua looking like an old grandma in a blue muumuu with black leggings. We really dodged a bullet.
Berkeley
loves its sanctuary label, but a housing crisis is testing its liberal values. This eccentric Northern
California enclave was a sanctuary long before the designation became a must-have merit badge for any left-leaning
city. Berkeley politicians proclaimed the place a refuge for Navy sailors resisting deployment to the Vietnam War
nearly a half-century ago. It was the birth of a movement to protect the outcast — and, in some cases, the
outlaw — from rules that this beat-of-its-own-drum city and its followers found immoral, most recently the
deportation of undocumented immigrants. But California's housing crisis is testing whether Berkeley can remain that
kind of place.
Prince
George's despicable sanctuary-loving leaders. Prince George's County, Maryland, has been in the news of late
because two male illegal aliens with reported ties to MS-13, along with a female companion, were arrested for the brutal,
bloody, horrific murder of a 14-year-old girl — a murder that investigators say began in the woods with a baseball
bat and finished with the final strokes of a machete. Prince George's County is a sanctuary. And the two male
suspects, Josue Rafael Fuentes-Ponce, 16, and Joel Ernesto Escobar, 17, illegal immigrants both, were coincidentally released
from Prince George's County custody last year — a custody that was due to their arrests for attempted murder charges.
These
People Are Nuts. After a pro-life bill was passed in Alabama, the left lost their collective mind. Beyond
calling for "sex strikes" and other temper tantrums, many insisted federal law trumps state law. It does, or at least
it did. Thanks to liberal governors and mayors across the country, states and localities no longer have to adhere to,
and actively flout, federal laws they disagree with. Illegal aliens are not only protected by these politicians,
they're catered to. In-state tuition, political appointments, voting in local elections, and a near absolute refusal to
alert immigration authorities when illegals are arrested. On this, there is no discussion about the supremacy of
federal law, they simply pretend it does not exist. Moreover, courts have insulated those jurisdictions from the
consequences of their defiance, and journalists have elevated them to hero status. For all intents and purposes,
they've won the argument that federal law can be disregarded if non-federal politicians so choose. If that is true for
immigration, why isn't it true for abortion?

Non-citizens
commit 42% of federal crimes, despite being 7% of population. A new federal report shows non-citizens in the
United States commit nearly half of all federal crimes, or more than six times their proportion to the American population.
For 2017, data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey shows non-citizens comprise about 7 percent of the
country's population, but the 2018 Annual Report and Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics shows they committed more than
40 percent of all federal crimes. [...] The largest numbers of crimes occurred in border states, and areas with sanctuary
policies. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida and southern California were among the most heavily concentrated areas for
federal crimes.
The Breakdown
Of Law In American Cities. [Scroll down] The president recently announced that he was considering
releasing those that cross the border and are being detained. His plan is to release them in cities that have declared
themselves Sanctuary Cities. That sounds like a nightmare for everyone. Just sending people to cities and seeing
what happens seems like asking for trouble. If people are released and have no resources, the safety net that is in
place cannot sustain that many people. Regardless of how you feel about immigration, it seems like the end result is
going to be hungry and hopeless people competing for resources and a resentful population.
ICE
provides local police a way to work around 'sanctuary' policies, act as immigration officers. Sheriff's offices
and police departments in jurisdictions that provide "sanctuary" to undocumented immigrants will have a new way to work with
federal authorities to detain and deport them, immigration authorities said Monday [5/6/2019]. The new Warrant Service
Officer program, introduced Monday in Pinellas County on Florida's Gulf Coast, will allow participating sheriffs and police
departments "the flexibility to make immigration arrests," according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The move
would allow local authorities to detain criminal suspects beyond the point at which they would have been otherwise released
if ICE has requested their detention, essentially giving ICE an extra 48 hours to take them into federal custody.
Florida
passes ban on 'sanctuary cities'. The Florida Legislature passed a bill banning "sanctuary cities" on Thursday
[5/2/2019]. The bill passed in the House 68-45 and the Senate 22-18. It now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Ron
DeSantis, who has praised such legislation. It requires "state entities, local governmental entities, and law enforcement agencies
to use best efforts to support the enforcement of federal immigration law" and prohibits "restrictions by the entities and agencies on
taking certain actions with respect to information regarding a person's immigration status," according to the bill's text.
Sanctuary
Laws and the Death of E Pluribus Unum. ICE is a federal agency enforcing federal law. States are supposed
to yield to federal law by virtue of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. What happens when armed ICE officers
show up at a courthouse to take custody of a criminal alien and armed state officers are told to prevent the arrest?
The result could be explosive — a modern-day Fort Sumter in the current simmering standoff between the federal
government and a new confederacy of states that refuse to honor the Supremacy Clause. That would be a disaster for
America on all counts. Legally, it is not even a close call. There is clear precedent in favor of the federal
government on these matters.
Jeb
Bush Uses Democrat Talking Point: 'Not Sure' Sanctuary Cities for Illegals Are a 'Problem' in Florida. Former
Florida governor and failed presidential candidate Jeb Bush (R) is questioning why Florida's current governor, Ron DeSantis
(R), is pushing to ban sanctuary cities that protect criminal illegal aliens in the state. As Breitbart News has
chronicled, DeSantis has led an initiative in Florida to ban sanctuary city jurisdictions across the state. The plan,
which has already passed the state Senate, would fine a locality or county $5,000 every day that it enforces a sanctuary policy.
MA Prosecutors
Sue To Keep ICE Out Of Courthouses. Some state prosecutors in the Bay State have filed a lawsuit, asking a
federal judge to bar ICE from the state's courtrooms. Apparently, they feel that the job of law enforcement shouldn't
include enforcing the law in the buildings that are designated as the places where the law plays out. Can they get a
judge to go along with the concept of "common law" that says you should ignore criminals while they are in a courthouse?
Sadly, stranger things have happened.
An anti-sanctuary county:
New
Mexico county to block Democratic governor from releasing migrants in its backyard. A New Mexico official who
serves as commissioner of a county near the U.S.-Mexico border said Sunday the state's Democratic governor has not responded
to a request to redeploy National Guard troops and that he is moving to block migrants from being released in his county
because of a lack of resources. Couy Griffin, the chairman of the Otero County Commission, said Gov. Michelle
Lujan Grisham's office has been silent since the board voted April 18 to declare a state of emergency. "We've
had no response from our governor," Griffin said in a Fox News interview Sunday morning [4/28/2019].
Real
Leverage on Illegal Immigration. There laws on the books which could be invoked to raise the stakes for the
progressives and RINOs so high that they would have to back down. I am speaking first of the laws prohibiting the
employment of illegal aliens, aka "undocumented workers". Second, there are laws prohibiting the harboring of or
abetting illegal aliens. For the most part, these laws are ignored and rarely enforced. Imagine if the president
ordered the FBI and DOJ to start strict enforcement of these laws. The place to start, of course, would be in sanctuary
cities and states.
Revealed:
Judge 'helped twice-deported illegal immigrant avoid ICE agents'. A Massachusetts judge, who is accused of
helping a twice-deported illegal alien evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement, used a back door to help the man slip away,
court documents have revealed.
Charges against Massachusetts
judge shows 'immigration laws aren't optional:' ICE agent. A former ICE special agent told Fox News that he
hopes the case of the Massachusetts judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant flee federal authorities will "send a
message to other activist judges that immigration laws aren't optional." Jim Hayes made the comments Friday on 'Fox &
Friends' a day after Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and court officer Wesley MacGregor were
indicted by a federal grand jury for obstruction of justice and three other counts. The pair allegedly helped Jose
Medina-Perez get out of the Massachusetts courthouse in 2018 through a back door in order to elude the ICE agent who sought him.
Finally, accountability in the courtroom. This
is huge — a lunatic hack state judge is indicted and charged with cutting loose a twice-deported Dominican illegal
immigrant arrested with drugs after throwing an ICE agent out of her courtroom so that the criminal could escape. For
what appears to be the first time, someone in a "sanctuary" jurisdiction has to answer for the coddling of these illegal
immigrants who are perpetrating this a massive tidal wave of crime on the law-abiding, taxpaying citizens of the United States.
Florida's
Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities Begins. Florida appears poised to join a righteous law-and-order backlash against
so-called sanctuary cities that shield and harbor illegal aliens in defiance of the nation's immigration laws, after a
pro-immigration enforcement bill passed the state's House of Representatives. The Sunshine State was home to 775,000
illegal aliens in 2016, according to Pew Research Center. The state is also home to 15 municipalities that are sanctuary
cities, according to Floridians for Immigration Enforcement, which prefers to label those jurisdictions "anarchy cities."
Florida measure banning
sanctuary cities moves along after clearing its first hurdle. A Florida measure that would ban sanctuary cities
is set for a vote Friday [4/26/2019] in the state's Senate after clearing its first hurdle earlier this week. The bill
would effectively make it against the law for Florida's police departments to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration
officials. "The Governor may initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state against such officers to enforce
compliance," a draft version of the Senate bill reads.
Massachusetts
judge who helped illegal immigrant escape ICE arrest [has been] indicted, federal authorities say. A
Massachusetts judge and court officer accused of helping an illegal immigrant flee an Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agent waiting to take him into custody were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for obstruction of justice and three
other counts, officials said. Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and the court officer, identified
in court documents as Wesley MacGregor, face several charges stemming from an April 2, 2018 incident in which the pair allegedly
helped Jose Medina-Perez get out of the courthouse via a back door in order to elude the ICE agent who sought Medina-Perez.
Guess
What The Ninth Circuit Had To Say About Sanctuary Cities. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday [4/18/2019] upheld
a lower court decision that ruled said sanctuary cities do not conflict with federal immigration laws. The decision comes after the
Trump administration challenged multiple aspects of California's sanctuary city designation, which protects illegal aliens from
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
De
Blasio Threatens to Sue if Trump Sends Immigrants to Sanctuary City NYC. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio
threatened to sue the Trump administration if it sends illegal immigrants to New York City, a "sanctuary city." "It's
illegal. It is just plain illegal. We will meet him in court. We will beat him in court," de Blasio said,
according to the New York Post. President Trump on Monday tweeted, "Those Illegal Immigrants who can no longer
be legally held (Congress must fix the laws and loopholes) will be, subject to Homeland Security, given to Sanctuary Cities
and States".
De
Blasio Threatens to Sue if Trump Sends Immigrants to Sanctuary City NYC. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio
threatened to sue the Trump administration if it sends illegal immigrants to New York City, a "sanctuary city." "It's
illegal. It is just plain illegal. We will meet him in court. We will beat him in court," de Blasio said,
according to the New York Post.
Trump
is looking to give sanctuary cities just what they asked for. President Trump scored a win on Friday, when a
federal appeals court gave a temporary green light to his Remain-in-Mexico program. The idea is to keep asylum seekers
south of the border until they get their day in court. It's urgently needed to help border towns like McAllen, Texas,
in the Rio Grande Valley region, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, which are being overwhelmed. The same critics pouncing on
Trump's call to transport these asylum seekers to sanctuary cities are also opposing his Remain-in-Mexico program. For
these Trump-haters, nothing matters but politics. They have no real interest in providing relief to the border towns,
American taxpayers or migrants caught in the chaos.
No,
Trump Wasn't Kidding About Shipping Illegals To Sanctuary Cities. After a variety of stories emerged about how
the White House was going to ship illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, mixed with denials and partial confirmations,
President Trump appears to have made up his mind. Gas up the buses because the illegal alien parade may be coming to a
city near you any day now.
Pittsburgh
mayor welcomes Trump sanctuary cities plan: 'This city was built by immigrants'. Pittsburgh now stands with
fellow sanctuary city Oakland in telling President Trump it'd be happy to take in detained illegal immigrants.
Mr. Trump claimed this week that "Illegal Immigrants who can no longer be legally held ... will be, subject to Homeland
Security, given to Sanctuary Cities and States!" following through on a threat that was in part designed to expose liberal
hypocrisy and NIMBY-ism. But like Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf over the weekend, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said words
to the effect of bring it on.
Trump
Proposes to Bus Illegals to Sanctuary Cities. President Donald Trump's proposal to ship immigration detainees
to so-called sanctuary cities — which are Democrat strongholds — is a political masterstroke, if the
Left's wounded animal-like howling is any indication. With this politically brilliant tactic, the likes of which would
never have come from a President Jeb Bush or a President Mitt Romney, Trump continues to demonstrate that he is one of the
few Republican presidents in modern American history who actually knows how to fight the Left. He is giving leftists a
well-deserved taste of their own medicine.
Levin:
Why sending illegal aliens to sanctuary jurisdictions is a 'great idea'. Friday night [4/12/2019] on the radio,
LevinTV host Mark Levin picked apart the Left's recent backlash to an idea from the White House to release apprehended
illegal aliens into sanctuary jurisdictions. "It's a great idea," Levin said. "And you know how I know it's a
great idea? Because the media are going nuts and the Democrats are going nuts." Levin went on to explain that blue
states should be free to experiment with leftist policies and that jurisdictions who don't want to take part in those
experiments should be left out of it.
Sanctuary
city mayor calls Trump's bluff: 'Oakland welcomes all, no matter where you came from'. The mayor of Oakland
told President Trump that, contrary to his claims about sanctuary cities, her city would welcome any illegal immigrants
without exception. Mr. Trump noted in a tweet that Mayor Libby Schaaf had denounced as an "abuse of power and
public resources" an idea he was publicly toying with to send detained illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities.
Press
Secretary Sanders: Sending Illegal Immigrants To Sanctuary Cities Is An Option On The Table. White House Press
Secretary Sarah Sanders said sending illegal immigrants to "sanctuary cities" is an option on the table. Sanders made
the comment in an interview on Sunday, but also said it certainly wouldn't be the administration's first choice.
Are
There Any Limits to Illegal Immigration? The U.S.-Mexican border is essentially wide open. Why?
Because there is a general expectation in Mexico and Latin America that American immigration law is unenforced. Or it
is so bizarre that simple illegal entry almost always ensures temporary legal residence, pending an asylum hearing. A
scheduled asylum hearing, in turn, is seen by border crossers as a mere formality to be ignored. The popular perception
on the border, then, is to stick one foot illegally onto U.S. soil, and, presto, win permanent residence for you and any
family members who wish to follow. In an age of 500 sanctuary city and county jurisdictions, few illegal aliens believe
they will ever be deported permanently, even if they have been apprehended committing serious crimes.
Trump
trolls Democrats on sanctuary cities. It's not the main reason we elected him, but it's certainly a major side
benefit — the president's uncanny ability to troll these sanctimonious trust-funded PC frauds to the point of
incoherence, if not insanity. Now he is threatening to flood the Democrats' "sanctuary" cities with tens of thousands
more indigent, indolent, diseased, criminal, nonEnglish-speaking illegal immigrants. As he pointed out Friday at the
White House, the Beautiful People in places like California are always lecturing the rest of us about how we must welcome
these parasites with "open arms."
Mariel
Boatlift Revisited. It is fun to watch the left react to Trump's suggestion that he might send migrants and
asylum seekers to "sanctuary cities," but their outrage may conceal the panic of the political fallout if Trump goes through
with it, as he should. Anyone remember the Mariel Boatlift in 1980? That's when Fidel Castro declared that anyone who
wanted to emigrate to the United States was free to do so within a narrow window of time. Within days, 125,000 Cubans
were en route to the U.S. Just where did that rickety fleet come from on such short notice? No one seemed
to be curious about that, though even slow learners eventually figured out that Castro used this "humanitarian" gesture to offload
a lot of criminals, mentally ill persons, and other Cubans he wanted very much to be rid of. [...] But that's not the real fun
part. Jimmy Carter sent a large number of the Mariel refugees to camps in Arkansas, where public unhappiness contributed
to the defeat of Gov. Bill Clinton in November that year.
Why
Trump's Sanctuary City Plan has Democrats so Enraged. It's important to understand why the Democrats and the
fake news media are so enraged by this plan. The President may or may not be serious about it — that remains
up in the air — but that really doesn't much matter in the grand scheme of things. From the perspective of
both President Trump and the Democrat leadership, it's the simple fact of having the public debate over this idea that really
matters, for a couple of big reasons.
Remember
Murietta? Dumping unvetted migrants into the cities of political foes was done by Obama first. President
Trump's trial balloon of sending migrants surging across our border to sanctuary cities has been derided by Democrats as
'cynicism and cruelty' as well as 'a new low' by Trump, but it has a precedent: President Obama. Back in 2014,
when the migrant surge of that year brought tens of thousands of "unaccompanied children" and "moms and kids," into the Rio
Grande Valley, overwhelming the Texas processing facilities, President Obama inexplicably targeted small and mid-sized cities
(same as the Trump officials' emails) as their next destination of choice. And instead of talking about it, they really
did try to bus the unvetted migrants into small cities such as Murietta, California; Yuma, Arizona; and a conservative area
of New Mexico, bringing crime, disease, and a high need for social services, without consulting those communities.
Trump
calls sanctuary cities' bluff: 'Let's see if they have open arms'. President Trump said Friday [4/12/2019] that he is
considering a plan to release illegal immigrants into sanctuary cities, saying it is fitting punishment for Democrat-led communities
that refuse to get tough on border security. Mr. Trump was confirming a report in The Washington Post that said the idea
was being considered. "Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed,
as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," the president said on Twitter.
White House
Considered Releasing Migrants in 'Sanctuary Cities'. President Trump's top aides considered an idea to pressure
immigration agencies to release apprehended migrants into so-called sanctuary cities represented by Democratic lawmakers,
according to several people familiar with the proposal. The idea was floated in an email by a top White House policy
adviser in November, when Mr. Trump was furiously condemning migrant caravans from Central America headed toward the
southwestern border, the people, including two government officials, said.
Hypocrites
Decry Trump's Sanctuary City Pitch. [Scroll down] Nevertheless, it gave Nancy Pelosi (D-San Fran-Sanctuary
City) the opportunity to blast her nemesis: "The extent of this administration's cynicism and cruelty cannot be overstated.
Using human beings — including little children — as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize
immigrants is despicable." Of course, her statement applies far more to Democrat behavior than anything else. Moreover,
is Pelosi upset that Trump is detaining illegal alien children, or that he's releasing them?
Limbaugh:
Trump's ICE Detainees-Sanctuary City Proposal a 'Great Idea' — 'I'm Jealous I Didn't Come Up with It'. Friday
[4/12/2019] on his nationally syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh praised President Donald Trump's reported proposal
to release Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in so-called sanctuary cities. Trump later acknowledged he was seriously
considering the proposal on social media.
Trump
pressured Nielsen to release detained immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities. President Donald Trump said
Friday that he is considering releasing immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats,
undercutting earlier denials from his own administration officials. "Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to
change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal
Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only," Trump tweeted. "The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms
policy — so this should make them very happy!"
White
House proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting political foes. White House
officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of "sanctuary cities" to
retaliate against President Trump's political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email
messages reviewed by The Washington Post.
Donald Trump didn't come up with the idea of sanctuary cities, Nancy.
Pelosi:
Trump's Sanctuary City Proposal Is 'Unworthy of the Presidency of the United States'. Friday [4/12/2019] in Leesburg, VA at
the House Democratic Caucus Retreat closing press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacted to reports that the Trump
administration considered a plan to release detained immigrants into "sanctuary cities." Pelosi said, "I do not know anything
about it, but again, it is another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the United States and the disrespect for the
challenges we face as a country and people to address who we are, a nation of immigrants."
Trump
Tweets His Support for Busing Illegal Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities. One hundred thousand illegal aliens were
apprehended at the southern border last month. Democrats don't want to fix the crisis. The Trump administration
this week discussed busing the illegal aliens crossing the border directly to sanctuary cities.
The Editor says...
Allow me to offer some guidelines for the implementation of this program: This is Trump's chance to use Cloward-Piven techniques to break
the sanctuary cities. Send in the border-crossing intruders by the bus load. Chances are, none of them will have any marketable skills,
they won't speak a word of English, and have never been to a doctor. As they exit the bus, give them a couple of complimentary boom boxes,
pre-loaded with mariachi music. Don't sneak them into town. Drop them off at the most popular tourist attractions. If
Mr. Trump follows through, this will be the acid test to see if the "sanctuary cities" are really serious about welcoming
one and all.
ACLU
Warns 'Immigrants and People of Color' Not to Go to Florida. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) went on Twitter
Monday [4/8/2019] to warn, "immigrants and people of color to use extreme caution when traveling to Florida." The ACLU's tweet
comes in light of the state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, urging Florida's legislature to pass laws that would ban sanctuary
cities. The laws would prevent police departments from refusing to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
officials in apprehending illegal immigrants.
9th
Circuit sinks Kate Steinle parents' lawsuit against 'sanctuary city'. A federal appeals court ruled Monday [3/25/2019] the
parents of Kate Steinle, who was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant in 2015, cannot sue San Francisco for the "sancutary city's"
failure to tell immigration officials about the shooter's release. Steinle's parents alleged San Francisco and the city's former
sheriff shared the blamed for their daughter's death because officials did not notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement when Jose Ines
Garcia Zarate got out of jail. Garcia Zarate had been deported five times prior to killing Steinle and was released from jail three
months before the shooting.
Virginia
Gov. Ralph Northam vetoes ban on sanctuary cities. Northam, a Democrat, said he was vetoing the
legislation Tuesday [3/19/2019] because it imposes an unneeded burden on local law enforcement officials and "sends a
chilling message."
Mother
who sought sanctuary in church basement is still there 2 years later. Nearly two years ago Juana Tobar Ortega
was ordered back to Guatemala by federal authorities, but that was not an option for the mother of four who arrived in the
U.S. illegally 25 years ago. Instead she packed up her belongings and headed to St. Barnabas Church
near her Greensboro, North Carolina home, seeking sanctuary. She has been there ever since.
Media
Largely Ignore Death of San Jose Woman Caused by Sanctuary Policies. Two weeks ago, Bambi Larson of San Jose
was murdered by illegal immigrant Carlos Arevalo-Corranza; who has an extremely lengthy criminal history. Not
surprisingly, the legacy media largely ignored this story. With the exception of CNN's Early Start and a segment
on Univision, all of the cable news coverage of Larson's death came from either Fox News or One America News Network.
The Ingraham Angle, one of the Fox News shows that has covered Larson's death, obtained a copy of a DHS immigration
detainer notice for Arevalo-Corranza from October 9, 2018; one of seven detainers ICE has issued for him. The
detainer had a stamp with the words "not honored per county policy," referring to the sanctuary policy of Santa Clara County,
which contains San Jose.
Finally,
some things about the FBI and Hillary Clinton start to make sense. The first of several former Obama administration officials
and former aides to Hillary Clinton is set to be deposed Thursday [31/4/2019] after a judge ruled in January that they must answer questions
under oath about the 2012 Benghazi terror attacks and the Clinton email scandal. U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ordered the
discovery after a lawsuit was brought by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, which is seeking to uncover "whether the Benghazi scandal was
one reason for keeping Mrs. Clinton's email secret."
Police
Chief Rages Against California Sanctuary Policy After Another Brutal Murder. An illegal immigrant who has been
previously deported and has since been arrested many times has been arrested again. This time the criminal was arrested
for murder after being given sanctuary again and again by the state of California, Fox News reported.
The
Border Emergency Hasn't Gone Away. Anyone who supports "sanctuary" cities, counties and states has a great deal
of blood on his or her hands.
Most
'sanctuary cities' are getting grants despite Trump's threats. Most of the "sanctuary cities" that President
Trump threatened would not get law-enforcement grants have received or been cleared to receive the money after all, the
Justice Department said. Courts have chipped away at the crackdown that escalated in 2017 with letters from former
Attorney General Jeff Sessions to 29 cities, metro areas, counties or states it considered had adopted "sanctuary policies,"
saying those policies may violate federal law. Of those 29 jurisdictions — which include cities as large as
Los Angeles and as small as Burlington, Vt. — only Oregon has yet to be cleared to receive the grants from 2017, a
Justice Department spokesman said last week.
House
defeats bill banning sanctuary cities. New Hampshire cities and towns that want to adopt sanctuary city
policies are free to do so, now that the House has defeated a Republican-sponsored bill to ban the practice in the Granite
State. The "Anti-Sanctuary Act," (HB 232) if passed, would have required all state and local governments to comply with
federal immigration detainer requests. The bill also prohibits any local or state policies that "restrict or discourage
the enforcement of federal immigration law." It was defeated, 211-132.
N.J.
gave 500 undocumented immigrants tuition money. Here's where they are going to college. For the first
time, undocumented immigrants in New Jersey are getting some help from taxpayers in paying their college tuition. A
total of 513 immigrants living in the country illegally received $1.6 million last fall through a new state program that
offers them the same college financial aid offered to U.S. citizens living in New Jersey, according to statistics released by
the state Higher Education Assistance Authority. The program is the result of a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy
last year that makes New Jersey one of less than a dozen states in the nation offering college aid to so-called "Dreamers,"
who have been living in the U.S. illegally since they were children. "The successes of these first 513 students, who
are now attending county colleges, state colleges and universities and independent institutions around the state, will have
a positive impact on countless additional lives," said David Socolow, HESAA's executive director.
Nearly
Half of New Mexico's Counties Declared '2nd Amendment Sanctuaries'. Fourteen of New Mexico's 33 counties have
adopted "Second Amendment Sanctuary" resolutions to make clear their sheriffs feel no pressure to enforce new gun controls
being pushed by Democrats at the state level. On February 21, Breitbart News reported that six counties had
adopted "Second Amendment Sanctuary" status, but that number has now increased by eight. And the Albuquerque
Journal reported that the number will likely climb.
3-time
deported illegal immigrant protected by Cali's sanctuary laws fatally shot after opening fire on county cop. An
illegal immigrant with four ICE detainers was shot to death after he opened fire on a Napa County sheriff's deputy. The
Napa County Sheriff's Office posted disturbing video from Deputy Riley Jarecki's bodycam showing the fatal shooting of Javier
Hernandez Morales, a 43-year-old Mexican national deported from the US three times but protected under California's sanctuary laws.
Man
who shot at California cop previously deported, arrested but cops wouldn't honor ICE detainer, feds say. The
illegal immigrant killed Sunday in a shootout with a California cop had been deported three times and arrested and released
over ICE's objection on several occasions — including cases involving the very department whose officer took him
down in a dramatic exchange caught on her body cam. In a graphic, 48-second clip released Wednesday, body camera
footage from Sunday's traffic stop shows Javier Hernandez Morales rolling down his window, grabbing a handgun and opening
fire. Napa County sheriff's Deputy Riley Jarecki narrowly avoided getting struck before running to the other side of
the car, firing at least 15 shots into the red Honda. Hernandez Morales, 48, died at the scene and the deputy was not
seriously injured, officials said.
Dems
Border Proposal "Making This Entire Country A Sanctuary" For Illegals. Negotiations over securing and building
a border wall have reached an impasse Sunday as bipartisan talks are failing and both sides are edging closer to a government
shutdown this Friday. Further, Democrats are pushing to weaken Immigration and Customs Enforcement, proposing drastic
limitations on detention beds and weakening the agencies effectiveness to hold criminal illegal immigrants, said Tom Homan,
former ICE Director.
Los
Angeles officially declares itself a 'city of sanctuary'. Los Angeles officially declared itself a "sanctuary
city" Friday against the backdrop of the Trump administration's tough policies aimed at illegal immigrants. "We
declare, for all those who have been under attack in this Trump era, that this city, in this day, in this time, will be a
city of sanctuary," City Councilman Gilbert Cedillo said. "It will be a place where people will know that they will be
judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin, and not by who they choose to love, and not by
when they got here. They will be judged by their contributions to our city."
San
Diego offers shelter for asylum-seekers amid border crisis. Officials in San Diego have decided to provide shelter for
asylum-seekers amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted on
Tuesday [1/29/2019] to allow an unused courthouse to temporarily house migrants while they seek asylum in the US. A nonprofit
organization, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, will reimburse it for all costs to open and maintain the property.
If
Democrats Honestly Cared About Border Security, They Would Not Support Sanctuary Cities. [Scroll down] Just ask
yourself: Side by side with their opposition to a wall, why do they also support Sanctuary Cities and Sanctuary States?
If they truly are so concerned about protecting the public against the infiltration of Illegals into our midst, why do they seek to
prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from receiving the information and tools ICE needs to remove illegal entrants safely
and promptly from our land? Would that kind of helpful cooperation with ICE not be a logical part of any drone, hi-tech, and
"everything-but-a-wall" approach to protecting the border? They support Sanctuary Cities because they want porous borders, and
they will do everything humanly possible to swell the tide of illegal immigration into a tsunami.
Enabling
Criminal Aliens. The murder of Newman California Police Corporal Ronil Singh allegedly by an illegal alien with
a criminal past is the latest high-profile killing of an American citizen that contains nearly every element in our illegal
immigration discourse. [...] Singh's suspected murderer had prior criminal activity that should have been reported to ICE,
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson had said. Law enforcement was prohibited because of sanctuary laws and that
led to the encounter with (Cpl.) Singh. The outcome could have been different if law enforcement wasn't restricted or
had their hands tied because of political interference. California is a state that provides a safe harbor for people
illegally in the country. California boasts its status as a sanctuary state in violation of federal law and the
supremacy clause in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution. California cities have passed laws prohibiting local law
enforcement agencies from cooperating with law enforcement officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
with the apprehension of illegal immigrants even after they have committed a crime. Many of these illegal criminals
continue on to murder, rape and rob U.S. citizens post-release from a local jail under the catch
Jerry
Brown: Ronil Singh's Death Had 'Nothing to Do' with Sanctuary Laws. Outgoing Democrat California
Gov. Jerry Brown decided to defend the state's sanctuary laws in one of his final acts as governor, saying that
Cpl. Ronil Singh's death had "nothing to do" with them. Brown told KXTV in one of his final interviews as
California's governor that he did not think California's current "sanctuary state" law shielding illegal aliens from
federal immigration authorities, SB 54, would lead to an increase in illegal alien crime.
New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Pardons 22 Illegals to Prevent Their Deportation. Democrat New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo has pardoned 22 illegals to stop them from being deported. The pardons were mostly for drug possession, but drug
dealing, arson and robbery as well. One of the men Cuomo pardoned set "an acquaintance's car on fire as an act of
mischief," according to the governor's statement.
The Editor says...
If they're in this country illegally, they can still be deported.
Another
preventable murder caused by 'sanctuary city' laws. Last week, California's strict adherence to "sanctuary
city" status caused the death of hero policeman Cpl. Ronil Singh. He was gunned down by a known gang member who
was in the United States illegally. The killer's very illegal status should have led to his removal by ICE before this
senseless murder occurred. Sanctuary laws tie the hands of the police. These laws were set in place to directly
impede any contact from the police with ICE. In the case of gang member and accused killer Gustavo Arriaga, the police
easily could have had ICE encounter him and remove him based on his previous arrests and warrants.
Congressional
GOP Is Why America Doesn't Have a Wall. One of the most striking differences between this tragedy and similar
ones involving illegal immigrants murdering peace officers is the fact that the policeman in question was himself an
immigrant. In this case, Corporal Ronil Singh of the Newman Police Department, a legal immigrant and proud
father of a young, baby boy, was slain by an illegal immigrant known to law enforcement, who possessed a long record
of criminal gang activity and other nefarious connections. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party's sanctuary city policy
in California prevented law enforcement from contacting the federal immigration authorities to begin deportation
proceedings. Corporal Singh would still be alive today — living the American Dream as so many of his friends
and neighbors said of him — had it not been for Democratic Party orthodoxy.
What's
A Few More Dead Americans If It Means The Dems Can Score A Few More Political Points? Corporal Ronil Singh is
dead, apparently murdered by a gangmember who was here illegally, and who stayed here illegally despite having been busted
twice for DUIs. Thank you for ensuring that happened, Democrats.
Cop's
Shooting Death May Upend Debate Surrounding Government Shutdown. On Friday [12/28/2018], Stanislaus County
Sheriff Adam Christianson announced that authorities had arrested a suspect, Gustavo Perez Arriaga, an undocumented immigrant
from Mexico, in connection with the shooting death of Newman police Cpl. Ronil Singh. Singh had pulled over
Arriaga for suspected drunk driving Thursday at 1 a.m. The suspect, he said, had two prior convictions for drunk
driving, a "known gang affiliation" and was trying to flee to Mexico. "We can't ignore the fact that this could have
been preventable," the sheriff said. Christianson faulted California's sanctuary state law that prohibits local
enforcement from communicating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless authorities are holding an undocumented
immigrant convicted of certain felonies within 15 years. "Ladies and gentlemen" he warned, "this is not how you
protect the community."
Democrats:
A plague on the nation. The young policeman who died in California Christmas night will and should be a wake-up
call for the Democrats. They are 100% responsible for the presence of such criminals, protected by ridiculous sanctuary
policies in our cities. The media and the Democrats are in an uproar over the two migrant children who died at the
hands of irresponsible parents who used them as a ticket to ride, yet they have nothing to say about the murder of the young
policeman in Newman, Calif. He is, to them, a casualty of politics, of their grand design to obliterate conservatives
from the public realm forever. They do not care about him, his widow, or his infant son.
Grand
Jury Probing Judge for Helping Migrant Avoid ICE, Say Feds. A federal grand jury is reportedly investigating a
rookie Massachusetts judge after she allegedly allowed a suspected illegal alien to avoid arrest by immigration
officers. The judge reportedly allowed the man to take a rear exit from a courtroom after learning federal officers
were planning an arrest.
Governor
Greg Abbott Strips State Grant Funding From Sanctuary City Sheriffs. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a
plan to take state grant funding away from county Sheriffs who have a Sanctuary City policy in place. The Criminal
Justice Division (CJD) offers funding grants to counties as long as they comply with ICE detainers for criminal illegal
immigrants. In addition, any jurisdiction who reports they are complying but fails to do so will have to repay the
grant funding. During the era of the Obama administration, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) had relaxed their own
policies of detaining criminal illegal aliens with a program called "catch and release." The illegal criminals were
caught and jailed but then released.
ICE
Just Told NJ's AG: You Want To Restrict Cooperation... We'll Just Increase Our Immigration Raids. New Jersey is
following California's lead by adopting new sanctuary state-like rules regarding how its local law enforcement agencies will
cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It's part of blue state America's ongoing war on the Trump
administration, flipping them off whenever they can, especially when it comes to immigration.
ICE
agents nab criminal illegal immigrant hiding in church for 11 months, 27 protesters arrested with him. More
than two dozen people were arrested in North Carolina after the arrest of an illegal immigrant who reportedly was a convicted
criminal. Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, who has been taking refuge at a "sanctuary church" for nearly a year, was taken into
custody after showing up for an appointment at an immigration office in Raleigh, according to local affiliate WGHP Fox 8.
Across
US, tax dollars being poured into 'legal defense fund for illegals'. In defiance of President Trump's hardline
stands on immigration, more jurisdictions are going beyond "sanctuary city" policies and actively using taxpayer dollars to
pay for legal representation for immigrants facing deportation. This week Denver officials announced plans to set aside
$385,000 to expand an immigrant legal defense program, Mayor Michael Hancock said. "There is no greater responsibility
that I have as mayor than to keep all residents of Denver, undocumented or not, safe and secure and when we have challenging
language that comes out of Washington that threatens that very covenant that we have with all of our residents it makes it
doubly difficult for us to help people feel safe in their city," he said.
Illegal
immigrant released by 'sanctuary' charged with triple murder: ICE. An illegal immigrant released by a
"sanctuary city" county in New Jersey was charged this week with a triple homicide halfway across the country in Missouri,
authorities said Friday [11/9/2018]. Luis Rodrigo Perez stands accused of being the gunman in a shooting spree last
week that claimed the lives of two men and one woman, at two different homes. U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement said it tried to deport Perez after he was arrested on domestic violence charges in Middlesex County, New Jersey,
last year. But the county, which has a non-cooperation policy with ICE, refused to alert the feds when it released
Perez in February of this year, ICE said.
Aliens and Apportionment.
[Scroll down] As for those illegally living in "sanctuary" cities or states, if the government can find me — the IRS has never
had any trouble doing so — I want ICE to find those living in the shadows. And to make good policy it would be nice if we knew
how many illegal aliens are here. Recently, the number estimated to be here has risen from 11 million to 22 million,
according to a Yale study, with a range of 16.5 to 29.5 million. The presence of illegal immigrants — at least,
those who live out of the shadows — affects the decennial apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives. This
holds true even if they do not vote. In 2000, there were an estimated 18 million non-citizens resident in the U.S.
(this includes those legally present here but not citizens); of these, 70 percent lived in six states, and 50 percent in
three (California, Texas, and Florida). The 18 million then represented, at 650,000, nearly 29 Congressional seats.
Court
rules for California over Trump in sanctuary city case. A U.S. judge on Friday blocked the Trump Administration
from placing conditions on public safety grants to further its crackdown on illegal immigration, and he ordered the grant
money to be released to California "sanctuary cities."
California
judge punches hole in state's sanctuary law. A judge on Thursday ruled California's sanctuary law tramples on
the state's charter cities, dealing a major blow to the state Democratic establishment's anti-Trump policy. California
Judge James Crandall ruled in favor of Huntington Beach, which had argued it should be exempt from the law, which prohibits
locales from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. Judge Crandall issued his ruling after a hearing
Thursday [9/27/2018], The Los Angeles Times reported.
Orange
County Judge Rules CA Sanctuary Law Unconstitutional. After the tiny city of Los Alamitos, California voted to
defy the California Values Act, better known as the Sanctuary State laws, a number of other municipalities joined with them
and filed suit in federal court against the state. The city of Huntington Beach took a slightly different tack.
They sued in state court, alleging that the state didn't have the right to interfere with the way charter cities' law
enforcement agencies interacted with federal immigration agents. The state attempted to merge the case with the pending
federal cases, but Judge James Crandall ruled that they were two separate issues and ordered an expedited trial.
16-Year-Old
Girl Stabbed to Death by Illegal Alien as New Jersey Goes Sanctuary State. They say that you can't make an
omelet without breaking a few eggs. And you also can't make New Jersey into a sanctuary state without stabbing a few
teenage girls to death.
Nike
Fighting to Keep Oregon a 'Sanctuary State' After Illegal Alien Kills Young Couple. The multinational Nike
corporation — accused of employing slave labor — is fighting to keep Oregon a "sanctuary state" for all
illegal aliens less than a month after an illegal alien has been accused of killing a young couple in a drunk driving car
crash. In a statement this week, Nike CEO Mark Parker announced the corporation's opposition to a statewide measure
that would repeal Oregon's sanctuary state law that has protected criminal illegal aliens for three decades.
More
Needless Deaths at the Hands of an Illegal Alien, and an Oregon Ballot Initiative. Andrew Selsky of the
Associated Press has written an article appearing in a number of newspapers titled "Crime by foreigners fuels sanctuary state
debate in Oregon". The lead-in to the story describes an Oregon couple traveling on their motorbike on the streets of
Salem, the state capital, who were killed when an inebriated illegal alien from Mexico is purported to have crashed into them
with the weight of a truck carrying a loaded horse trailer. Selsky goes on to tie the tragedy to an upcoming petition-driven
ballot initiative to repeal the Oregon sanctuary law. [...] Apparently enough voters in Oregon (hopefully a majority) know that
sanctuary laws are designed to protect criminals by shielding them from the long reach of federal immigration authorities
when it comes to filing detainers with police and sheriff's departments against aliens arrested for crimes.
Mollie Tibbetts,
R.I.P.. How responsible is immigration policy for Mollie Tibbetts's murder? The chief culprit, obviously,
is the murderer himself, Mexican illegal alien Cristhian Rivera (if that's even his real name). But immigration control is
one of the elemental responsibilities of the national government, and it failed in this case. As Senator Tom Cotton put
it: "Mollie would be alive if our government had taken immigration enforcement seriously years ago." But there are
different levels of culpability. The government bears the greatest share of blame when the authorities have an illegal
alien in custody, they know he's deportable, they release him anyway, and he goes on to commit more crimes. For example,
it's not too much to say that the elected and appointed officials of San Francisco were accomplices in the deaths of Kate
Steinle and the Bologna family because of that city's sanctuary policies.
Time
to Arrest NY Governor for Obstruction of Justice. If you were to ask me who are the most anti-American
pro-socialist governors in America, I would instantly answer Jerry Brown of California and Andrew Cuomo of New York.
With Brown, he's in a bind now, since he had been openly defying President Donald Trump on virtually everything Trump has
done, but now he is begging Trump for help in the wake of the devastating forest fires, which could be blamed on Democratic
environmental policies that have blocked the clearing of forests and thick growth which is now burning out of control.
As for Cuomo, he has also fought and defied Trump at every level and now he has threatened ICE agents and refused to
cooperate with the throughout the entire state.
NY
Governor Threatens ICE, Says He Won't "Cooperate" With Them. The Governor said he won't abolish ICE. Instead,
he threatened them and will refuse to "cooperate" with them. The mobster governor said if he thinks ICE agents are
committing any criminal acts, he'll arrest and prosecute them. Andrew Cuomo likes to present himself as a 'moderate'
Democrat, but he isn't. He's moderate next to the far-far-left Cynthia Nixon, his primary opponent, but Cuomo himself
is far-left. Cuomo has been pardoning criminal aliens in the state to keep them from being deported. He's also
made it illegal for gun owners in the state to obtain insurance.
Chicago's
Blacks Turn against Rahmbo. When President Trump announced that the unconstitutional DACA program, put in place
by President Obama after Congress refused to pass it into law, would be allowed to expire unless Congress took action on
border security, former White House chief of staff and current Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel (aka "Rahmbo") announced that
Chicago would become a "Trump-free zone," a sanctuary city welcoming and protecting any and all illegal aliens. [...] The
problem is that he forgot the beleaguered African-Americans in his city burdened by debt and high taxes as its citizens fight
poverty, joblessness, and high crime rates. They have dreams too, such as getting to school alive or being able to do
their homework with a bullet piercing their bedroom window.
ICE
agents accuse Oregon mayor of abetting 'Abolish ICE' protesters. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents on Monday accused an Oregon mayor of violating the Constitution after emboldening "Abolish ICE" protesters by ordering
the police to stand down and openly expressing support for their cause. The accusations were outlined in a
cease-and-desist letter sent to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, saying he actively encouraged the protesters and their cause,
while making sure Portland's police wouldn't crack down on them, thus creating "a zone of terror and lawlessness," the
Washington Times reported.
Government by mob:
Philadelphia
terminates ICE contract after activists storm city hall; DHS rips 'misguided' move. Philadelphia has announced
it will end a major information-sharing contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), bowing to intense pressure
from activist groups and drawing immediate condemnation from federal officials. The move means that the city will not
renew a decade-long arrangement to share real-time arrest information with ICE when it expires at the end of August.
Massachusetts
Governor Celebrates Sanctuary State Defeat; Immigration Advocate Warns 'Election Is Coming'. Even though a
Statista survey shows it's one of the most liberal states in America, cops will continue to help ICE agents capture illegal
immigrants in Massachusetts — moving the issue to the forefront of the 2018 election debates. Massachusetts
House and Senate budget negotiators failed to reach a compromise on a Senate-passed budget amendment that was intended to
stop local police in the commonwealth from cooperating with federal ICE agents. Local cops would also have been
prevented from asking people on the street about whether they were U.S. citizens.
San Francisco's New
Mayor Doubles Down On Sanctuary Policy, Takes Aim At Trump. Newly sworn in San Francisco Mayor London Breed
took a pot shot at President Donald Trump as she spoke to her constituents on Wednesday [7/11/2018]. "We are going to tell
the president that here in San Francisco," she said, "we don't put children in cages, we put them in the classrooms.["]
Breed, San Francisco's first black female mayor, shared some of her platform on Twitter within hours of her inauguration.
Voters
may get to directly repeal 'sanctuary state' laws via referendum. A group in Oregon has already submitted a
petition with 25% more signatures than required to qualify for the ballot a referendum on repealing that state's "sanctuary
state" law. In neighboring California, efforts are underway to qualify a similar measure for California voters.
Judge
tosses out Trump administration's lawsuit against California's sanctuary state law. A federal judge on Monday [7/9/2018]
threw out the Trump administration's legal effort to overturn California's immigration laws, marking a major defeat to the administration's
war on sanctuary states. Judge John Mendez approved California's motion to dismiss the federal government's lawsuit related to
Senate Bill 54. The state's sanctuary law also known as the California Values Act, and Assembly Bill 103 —
allows the state attorney general to inspect detention centers, the Sacramento Bee reported.
Cost
of anti-ICE protests prompts California county to forgo $3M federal contract. Citing the cost of managing
anti-ICE protests outside one of its facilities, authorities in a Northern California county this week severed a $3 million
contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allowed the federal agency to detain illegal immigrants in one of
its cities. Contra Costa County, across the bay from San Francisco, thus became the second county in the region this
month to cut ties with ICE, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The county's West County Detention Facility, in
Richmond, which averaged 200 immigrant detainees a day, had drawn protesters for months. At a news conference, Sheriff
David Livingston suggested the demonstrations played a large role in the contract's termination.
Protesters
Demand Northeastern University Ends Partnership With ICE. Protesters at Northeastern University demanded the
school end its research partnership with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency during rallies on Wednesday afternoon
[7/11/2018]. Students, faculty and community members marched around the school's quad chanting, "ICE has got to go."
According to the New York Daily News, Northeastern has received $2.7 million from ICE since 2016. The highest
potential earning is "listed at over $7.7 million over an five-year period."
Exposed:
The Ignorance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [Scroll down] How can we possibly pretend that our border is
secure when Kate Steinle's killer was deported five times before firing the bullet that ended her life? Or when this
(32-year-old) man returns to America illegally for the 12th time before attacking his wife with a chainsaw and fleeing
in a stolen car? Is it okay to separate this man from his children? How would the Abolish ICE crowd deal with
serial violations such as these?
Sanctuary
status sticks to state. So Massachusetts is not officially a "sanctuary state" for illegal immigrants — wink
wink, nudge nudge. The reality, of course, is that we are a sanctuary for foreign freeloaders, not just from the law, but from
work. In Massachusetts, illegal immigrants aren't treated the same as taxpaying citizens, they're treated better. Which
is why I always say, if I ever get in a jam, I ask for no special treatment. Just treat me like an illegal immigrant.
In
San Francisco, any reasonable brakes on sanctuary for illegals are bullied down. [Scroll down] Angela
Alioto, a former San Francisco supervisor and former acting mayor (and the daughter of the much beloved old San Francisco
mayor, Joe Alioto), introduced an important resolution to the Democrats' platform, calling for convicted criminals in the
city illegally caught a second time to be turned over to ICE. She introduced that in response to a serial rapist running
around who'd been wanted for deportation already and still hasn't seen the inside of an ICE holding cell after his latest
spree. [...] [Former Bay Guardian honcho Tim] Redmond dismissed her alarm at the outrageous treatment she got as oh, woman's
emotionalism or something. Nothing tops illegals, see. He even doubted that she knew what she was talking about,
despite her being a civil rights attorney by profession who most certainly did know what she was talking about. After
that, Redmond focused on a non-issue, which was some commenter in Texas on her site sounding as though he was making a threat
on Alioto's Facebook page, which the man says he never intended.
ICE
Just Arrested Dozens of Illegal Aliens in a Sanctuary City, the Majority Have Serious Criminal Records.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency many Democrats want to abolish, recently conducted a raid in Newark, New
Jersey and arrested dozens of illegal aliens. The overwhelming majority have serious criminal records. ICE
targeted Illegal aliens who had been incarcerated in the Middlesex County Jail and released into the community by local law
enforcement without notice to federal immigration officials. The aliens arrested had ICE detainers that were not
honored. Newark is a "sanctuary city." "Of those arrested, 16 subjects had been previously released by MCJ without
honoring the ICE detainer and 78% had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. The individuals arrested
as part of the operation were nationals of Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
India, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and Turkey," ICE released Friday [7/20/2018].
Illegal
Alien Raped 4 Women in Sanctuary City. Who is the sanctuary city for? San Francisco provided no shelter
or sanctuary for Orlando Vilchez Lazo's victims. But it was certainly happy to provide sanctuary for the ride share
rapist while he committed his crimes,
ICE
takes aim at SF sanctuary city law in 'Rideshare Rapist' case. U.S. immigration officials took aim at San
Francisco's sanctuary city law Monday in the case of the San Mateo man accused of being the "Rideshare Rapist." In a
statement, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said the city's policy of not honoring ICE holds "shields
criminal aliens who prey on the community." The suspect, Orlando Vilchez Lazo, 36, is being held in jail in San Francisco
in lieu of $4.2 million bail and faces life in prison in connection with the rapes of four women who got into his car
believing him to be a ride-hail driver, police said.
New
Jersey sets aside $2.1 million to help immigrants. New Jersey set aside $2.1 million to help immigrants facing
deportation in the state, money that advocates say will go a long way in helping but still falls short of the estimated cost
of legal representation. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and the Democrat-controlled Legislature signed off on the new
spending this month as part of a recently adopted $37.4 billion fiscal year 2019 budget just as the federal government fell
short of a deadline to reunite families separated under a federal zero-tolerance immigration policy.
Massachusetts
Sanctuary Policies Freed Hundreds of Criminal Aliens in 10-Week Period. A report prepared by ICE's Boston field
office for the staff of the Massachusetts governor illustrates the nature of ICE's criminal alien caseload in that state, and
reveals the public safety problems created by court-imposed and locally adopted sanctuary policies. According to the
report, over a 10-week period in the spring of 2018, 456 deportable criminal aliens were arrested in Massachusetts for a wide
variety of state crimes. However, ICE was able to get custody of only about half of these criminal aliens, either
because local agencies did not honor ICE's detainers or otherwise cooperate with ICE, or because the local agency released
the criminal aliens before ICE could issue a detainer. The report provides several chilling examples of offenders who
were freed by local authorities, including some who had committed horrific crimes, and including some who were released in
Lawrence, Mass., a sanctuary city that has drawn attention for its role as a hub for opioid distribution in New England.
History's
Bad Ideas Are an Inspiration for Progressives. [Scroll down] Yet 19th-century nullification is the font of the
current "sanctuary city" law adopted by nearly 500 American cities that declare federal immigration statutes null and void within
their jurisdictions. No matter that such liberal cities would have been the first to call insurrectionary any conservative
city that declared federally protected abortion rights, gun laws or the endangered species act impotent within their city
limits. How strange that the entire "liberal" concept of nullifying federal immigration law rest on illiberal legacies
that either sought to or actually did start a civil war.
Illegal
Alien Gang Member Committed String of Armed Robberies in 'Sanctuary County'. A 20-year-old woman was sentenced
to 95 years in prison for setting up several gang-related armed robberies that took place in Montgomery County last
year. The robberies spanned from September to November and were all believed to be part of an overreaching conspiracy
to benefit the MS-13 gang and to send money back to El Salvador.
Report:
Dozens of Criminal Illegal Immigrants Shielded by NYC's Sanctuary Policy Rearrested for New Crimes. A new
report reveals that dozens of criminal illegal immigrants shielded by New York City's sanctuary policy were released from
jail and quickly rearrested for new crimes. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 440 criminal
aliens were released from New York's jails between January and April despite having ICE detainers placed against them.
Of those 440, 40 have already re-offended and been rearrested, ICE said. "In just three months, more than three dozen
criminal aliens were released from local custody. Simply put, the politics and rhetoric in this city are putting its
own communities at an unnecessary risk," said Scott Mechowski, acting field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal
Operations (ERO) in New York.
Somewhat related:
Woman
admits to running school as front to help foreign athletes avoid ICE. A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty
to falsely enrolling foreign teens sought by basketball recruiters and coaches in her small private school.
Federal
Judge Rejects Trump Admin Bid to Block California Sanctuary City Laws. In March, the Justice Department sued
the state of California over laws protecting illegal aliens from being detained by ICE. The lawsuit named Governor Jerry
Brown and Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and challenged the three recently passed sanctuary city laws. Thursday's
[7/5/2018] ruling doesn't completely eliminate the possibility the Trump administration could win this lawsuit in the future,
however, it is a temporary set back for an administration that is looking to bring law and order quickly.
A
U.S. District Court Judge Nullifies Provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. On June 27, a U.S.
District Court Judge in Philadelphia, who had sustained a complaint filed by the city arguing that the Department of Justice
(DOJ) rules forbidding grants to sanctuary cities should be enjoined, issued an additional memorandum regarding the filing of
detainers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with police officials to seek custody of alien criminals.
Whether or not to honor such detainers, or even provide information to ICE about the individuals in police custody, is at the
heart of the sanctuary movement, and what the DOJ grant funding regulations were designed to encourage. For its part,
ICE has revamped the operating policies under which detainers are issued, and even modified the detainer form itself to make
clear that the filing represents a finding of probable cause that the alien arrested and in police custody is in the United
States in violation of federal immigration laws.
Governors
pull National Guard troops from border to protest Trump's 'zero tolerance' immigration policy. A group of
governors banded together to protest President Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy as the uproar over the separation
of migrant children from their parents at the border continues. Some are withdrawing National Guard troops from the
south, while others are pledging to withhold resources. In April, Trump requested National Guard troops —
around 2,000 to 4,000 — be deployed to the southern border. His order invoked a federal law called
Title 32, under which governors retain command and control of Guard members from their states.
Father
of three takes sanctuary at Seattle church to avoid deportation. Jose Robles was supposed to be on a plane back
to Michoacan, Mexico, at 6 a.m. Thursday [6/28/2018], but he packed his bags and went to Gethsemane Lutheran
Church in downtown Seattle instead. He said he felt fear and anxiety driving to the church for sanctuary to avoid
deportation. Churches are considered "sensitive locations" by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which
means they are generally not allowed to conduct enforcement operations there.
Illegal
Alien Protected By Sanctuary Policies Convicted In Savage Murder Of Air Force Veteran. This week a Santa
Barbara County jury found Victor Martinez, an illegal alien who had been previously convicted of sexual assault, guilty of
first degree murder in the brutal 2015 sexual assault, torture, and murder of 64-year-old Air Force Veteran Marilyn
Pharis. Though Pharis was murdered just weeks after Kate Steinle was shot and killed on a pier in San Francisco, and
sanctuary policies also directly led to her murder, Pharis's case has never attracted the publicity Steinle's case
did — and that's a shame. The only reason the country heard about Kate Steinle's case was because the media
couldn't ignore it. Steinle was murdered in broad daylight, in a big city, on a busy pier filled with tourists.
San Francisco authorities couldn't hide or downplay her murder. And, because we still have access to public records in
our country, they couldn't hide her killer's history. Marilyn Pharis was murdered under different, easier-to-ignore
circumstances.
Cynthia
Nixon calls ICE 'terrorist organization,' says it should be abolished. New York gubernatorial candidate and
former "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon on Thursday [6/21/2018] called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "a
terrorist organization" and called for its abolition, pitting progressive New Yorkers against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Nixon made her remarks at a church on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where an illegal immigrant is taking sanctuary after being
threatened with deportation after she failed to show a driver's license during a traffic stop by ICE agents.
Sanctuary
cities send a message: stay here and you won't get caught. At their root, sanctuary policies are a rejection of
immigration law. If you won't deport somebody who came here illegally and then committed another crime, then
whom will you deport? Nobody. It cannot be that someone who illegally crosses the border and two days later
arrives in Sacramento, Louisville, or Philadelphia is home free — never to be removed. In essence, that is
open borders. Our immigration laws are not suggestions. They are the duly enacted laws passed by our
representatives in Congress on a bipartisan basis. If you want to change the laws, then you should do so in the legal,
constitutional fashion of working through Congress — not by attempting to obstruct them or nullify them.
Actively resisting the enforcement of our federal laws is an insult to the American voter.
'Sanctuary
Cities' Get A Big Thumbs Down, Even From Hispanics: IBD/TIPP Poll. Nearly two-thirds of the public oppose
"sanctuary cities." Less than a third say they back the policy, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.
Watch
the Philly Mayor Literally Sing and Dance the News His City Is Still a Sanctuary City. A federal Judge in the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that President Donald Trump cannot strip grants to Philadelphia over its sanctuary
city status on Wednesday [6/6/2018].
Report:
Immigrants with Detainers Released by Sanctuary New York, Commit more Crimes. A report from U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reveals the dangers New York City residents are placed in by local officials who ignore
immigration detainers and release jailed criminal immigrants to commit more crimes. ICE Enforcement and Removal
Operations (ERO) officers conducted a study of 440 criminal immigrants who were released from jail after ERO placed
immigration detainers on the suspects prior to their release. Nearly 40 of those 440 criminal immigrants released from
custody re-offended and were re-arrested by local law enforcement for new crimes committed against the citizens they swore to
protect, according to information obtained by Breitbart Texas from ICE officials.
It's
Time for Congress to Take Action on 'Sanctuary' Jurisdictions. Just days after taking office, President Trump
issued Executive Order 13768 to block certain federal funds from flowing to sanctuary jurisdictions — that is,
municipalities, cities and states which deliberately choose not to enforce federal immigration law within their borders.
Yet, in what seems to be a contradictory effort, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirsten Nielson has just approved
$1.7 billion in federal grant funding to these same cities. How and why are sanctuary cities still receiving money
in contravention of the president's order? The answer lies in a complex thicket of legal cases that are still working
their way through the court system.
Epic ICE Raid
on 'Sanctuary' Chicago Nets 156 Illegal Aliens. Amid all of the failing "sanctuary cities," we have discovered
that ICE has managed to overcome the rebellion. This rebellion that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of
Americans over the years. The motive of these sanctuary cities has become abundantly clear. They would rather
defend and conceal illegals that come to this country then protect their own citizens. The recent ICE raid in
"sanctuary Chicago," nabbed 156 illegal aliens.
Criminal
Lobby is Rolling in Cash — Thank Soros. California Democrats claim they are not protecting criminals
but they keep federal official from the jails where false-documented illegals are already in custody. State Supreme
Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye objects to federal ICE agents "stalking" illegals in courthouses. Public officials
who swear to uphold the Constitution have instead become a criminals' lobby.
The Sanctuary Cities
Strike Back. In the face of a lawsuit from the federal government and a growing revolt by some cities and
counties, California's supporters of the sanctuary state concept demonstrated this weekend that they weren't going to go down
without a fight. Representatives of more than twenty cities and counties around the Golden State gathered to show their
support for the policies, filing friend of the court briefings. They were led by former Obama AG Eric Holder, who has
been hired by the state to help #RESIST Donald Trump. The reasons they offered in their defense are the same ones we've
heard before, but there does seem to be a sense of panic setting in at this point.
'Mayor
Libby Schaaf Act' would imprison gov't officials who warn about ICE raids. A Republican lawmaker on Monday
proposed a measure that would imprison government officials up to five years for obstructing the enforcement of federal
laws. The Mayor Libby Schaaf Act was introduced by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and named after the Oakland mayor who
earlier this year tipped off residents of an incoming crackdown on illegal immigrants by federal authorities. "I want
lawless, sanctuary city politicians to hear this message clearly: if you obstruct ICE, you are going to end up in the
cooler," King said in a statement.
Another
California city rebels against state's pro-illegal immigration 'sanctuary city' policies. Another California
city has joined the fight against the state's sanctuary city laws, which limit local authorities' ability to investigate
illegal immigrants' status and communicate with federal immigration officals. Carlsbad's City Council voted 4-1 Monday
[5/21/2018] to support the Trump administration's lawsuit against the state's pro-illegal immigrant sanctuary city policies,
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Carlsbad is located near San Diego, where the all-Republican Board of Supervisors
also voted in April to support the federal government's legal action. The U.S. Justice Department sued California in March
over its interference with federal immigration policies, which Carlsbad officials said is endangering the public.
Tennessee
to ban sanctuary cities. Tennessee's Republican governor said Monday he will allow a bill to become law that
would ban local governments in his state from blocking cooperation with federal immigration officers. Republican
Gov. Bill Haslam told reporters he will allow a bill that passed the state legislature last month to become law, but he
is stopping short of signing it. Tennessee law dictates that if a bill has not been signed or vetoed after its passage,
it automatically becomes law 10 days after it is submitted to the governor.
Trump
asks Sessions to look into prosecuting Oakland mayor who warned about ICE raid. President Trump asked Attorney
General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to consider prosecuting the Democratic mayor of Oakland, Calif., after she warned hundreds
of immigrants about an impending federal enforcement raid in February. The president said Mayor Libby Schaaf's decision
to warn her constituents ahead of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid amounted to "obstruction of
justice." The raid was expected to target more than 1,000 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, but only resulted in
the arrests of about 200 people.
Local
authorities struggle with ICE over bringing detainees to court. Some immigrants living in the country illegally
and accused of crimes sit in legal limbo, caught in a tug of a war between local prosecutors and federal immigration
authorities who won't let them appear in court because they fear being denied the opportunity to deport them.
Half
of all Americans now live in 'sanctuaries' protecting immigrants. About half of all Americans now live under
sanctuary policies that shield illegal immigrants from law enforcement, according to the latest tally of jurisdictions that
the Federation for American Immigration Reform is releasing Thursday. FAIR calculates there were 564 states and
municipalities that refuse some level of cooperation with federal immigration authorities as of April 1, up more than 200
since President Trump took office and up more than 500 compared with a decade ago. There were just 40 sanctuaries when
President Obama took office. Entire states such as California, Illinois and New York are now sanctuaries, as well as
major cities and counties such as Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George's counties and the District of Columbia in the
capital region, according to the list.
Stopping
Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens. The lives of criminal illegal aliens are often prioritized in the legal system
over those of American citizens. They discuss AB-450, which prevents employers from cooperating with ICE (Immigration
and Customs Enforcement) without potentially facing prosecution. They consider the reframing of the immigration process
in America today, where becoming a legal immigrant seems to be a bad thing now. It used to be that people were proud to
become Americans because it meant a better future. Many people escape other countries to flee communism, but then end
up in a nearly communist California. They also talk about why this Californian issue is important for the rest of the
nation and what dangers it imposes on America as a whole.
Republican
Gubernatorial Showdown Reveals Popularity of Opposing CA Sanctuary State Laws. Republican candidates battling
it out in the race to become California's next governor may have provided insight at their spring convention into the
enthusiasm among California Republicans for opposing "sanctuary" laws. Opposition to California laws that protect
illegal aliens. "sanctuary" laws, brought out vibrant energy from the crowds as Republican gubernatorial candidates John Cox
and Travis Allen both espoused support for ending the new law.
New
'Research' Demonstrates How Ideology Drives Argument for Sanctuary Policies. Daniel Costa, formerly a researcher
at the Economic Policy Institute, now works for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. At EPI, Costa was a
responsible researcher and provided salient analysis of U.S. labor market conditions. He was a reliable critic of
guest worker programs and acknowledged that immigration policy can be used to undermine the standing of American workers.
Working for Becerra, Costa has now turned his efforts towards undermining the rule of law and nullifying the Constitution in
order to promote unfettered illegal immigration into the United States. This is too bad. Costa is a smart guy who,
had he not become a mouthpiece for the radical California Democrats on immigration, could still be making positive contributions
to the public debate. Unfortunately, ideology always conquers good sense, and so seems to be the case with Costa.
Bring
Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Undocumented Democrats. In an apparent case of Jerry Brown envy, New York
Governor Andrew Cuomo has made it clear he will do what he can to assist anyone on Earth or the closer planets who wishes to
crash the American party and live on our hospitality. The Washington Times reports that Cuomo sent a "cease and
resist" letter to federal immigration authorities demanding that they stop inconveniencing citizens of other countries living
in New York illegally. He said he will issue an executive order to prevent federal ICE officials from making arrests at
New York prisons and jails. He also says he will order New York state agencies to not ask anyone whether they're a
citizen of another country here illegally and to not give federal authorities any information that could lead to citizens of
other countries here illegally being obliged to leave the U.S.
This is only slightly off-topic:
Soros-Funded
Group Launches App to Help Illegal Aliens Avoid Feds. An open borders group that has benefitted from U.S.
taxpayer dollars and is funded by leftwing billionaire George Soros launched a smartphone application to help illegal
immigrants avoid federal authorities. [...] The group behind the app is called United We Dream, which describes itself as the
country's largest immigrant youth-led community. The nonprofit has more than 400,000 members nationwide and claims to
"embrace the common struggle of all people of color and stand up against racism, colonialism, colorism, and
xenophobia." Among its key projects is winning protections and rights for illegal immigrants, defending against
deportation, obtaining education for illegal immigrants and acquiring "justice and liberation" for undocumented LGBT
"immigrants and allies."
Tomi
Says Californians Are 'Waking Up,' Opposing Sanctuary Law. Tomi Lahren slammed California Gov. Jerry Brown
(D) and Democratic lawmakers who refuse to comply with federal immigration law. She said every American and legal
immigrant should be infuriated by leaders who support sanctuary policies and oppose measures to secure the border, such as
President Trump's proposed border wall. "It's a slap in the face," Lahren said on "Outnumbered" on Friday [4/27/2018].
"I think Californians are waking up. I've said this time and time again, because I live there and I see it every
day: They're tired of this. The partisanship is going out the window, and safety is coming first."
Trump:
Feds will not pay for Jerry Brown's National Guard 'charade'. This all started a couple weeks ago when
President Trump announced that, since funding for his border wall was stalled, he was calling on states to send National
Guard troops to the border. A week later, there was another surprise when Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he would
be sending 400 National Guard troops to the border to fight smuggling and drug trafficking. However, Brown also drew a
line at getting involved in preventing illegal immigration saying, "It will not be a mission to round up women and children
or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And the California National Guard will not be enforcing
federal immigration laws." That made it a bit unclear what California's troops were actually going to do.
NY
sets aside $10M for legal defense of ICE-targeted immigrants. New York set aside $10 million for the legal
defense of immigrants targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement just days after ICE announced the arrest of hundreds of
people in the state. The Liberty Defense Project will ensure legal rights are being represented, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
said. It was launched last year, but it needs the additional funds in light of what state officials described as
"overly aggressive tactics" from ICE. "ICE's hyper-aggressive raids on hardworking New Yorkers are immoral and un-New
York, and we stand more determined than ever to support the rights of all immigrants in the Empire State through our nation-leading
legal defense funds," Cuomo said.
Jerry
Brown Blames 'Low-Life Politicians' for 'Sanctuary State' Backlash. California Governor Jerry Brown blamed
"low-life politicians" for a growing backlash against the "sanctuary state" policies he has enacted in his state during an
appearance at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Tuesday [4/17/2018]. Brown spoke as a revolt continues to
spread throughout Southern California against the state's sanctuary laws in the wake of a Department of Justice lawsuit filed
last month against the Golden State's "sanctuary" laws.
ICE
makes 225 arrests in under a week in NYC, LI, Hudson Valley. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
arrested hundreds of people in less than a week in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. About 80 percent
of the 225 people taken into custody during Operation Keep Safe in New York had prior criminal convictions or had charges
pending for offenses including child sex crimes, weapons charges and assault, officials said. Enforcement and Removal
Operations Field Office Director Thomas Decker criticized local law enforcement in New York City, which is a sanctuary city,
saying ICE faced problems in making the arrests. "ICE continues to face significant obstacles with policies created by
local officials which hinder cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement," Decker said.
DHS
reveals dozens of MS-13, other gang members released by 'sanctuary' policies. Dozens of gang members, some of
whom belonged to the notorious MS-13, were shielded from deportation and released due to "sanctuary" policies last year,
according to newly released stats from the Department of Homeland Security. The revelation could jolt the escalating
"sanctuary" debate, especially in California where many of those gang members were located. "Two-thirds of the releases
occurred in California, which has had a strict sanctuary policy in effect since January 2014," the Center for Immigration
Studies said in a post on the data, pointing to "obvious public safety problems."
Whale-sized
San Diego County joins anti-sanctuary lawsuit. The second-biggest county in California has now joined the
growing revolt against Gov. Jerry Brown and his leftist statehouse cohorts who have declared California a "sanctuary
state" and want the cities and counties to pay.
Liberal
Sanctuary Cities Protecting Blood-Thirsty MS-13 From Deportation. Liberals in sanctuary cities are now protecting
the bloodiest and deadliest gang members in the world from deportation. They are actively choosing to release
dangerous gang members back into our communities than cooperate with ICE and enforce immigration laws on the books. [...]
They're literally protecting deadly gang members, and placing Americans in danger.
Sanctuary
Cities Protecting MS-13 Gang Members from Deportation, Says ICE. There is a "rather long list" of sanctuary
cities across the United States that choose to release incarcerated members of the notoriously violent Mara Salvatrucha
(MS-13) gang back into U.S. communities rather than allow immigration agents to prosecute and deport them, testified a
federal officer under oath before lawmakers.
US
says California rejects proposed border duties for troops. The Trump administration said Monday [4/16/2018]
that California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected terms of the National Guard's initial deployment to the Mexican border, but a
state official said nothing was decided.
Iowa
makes a move on sanctuary cities. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed legislation this week banning sanctuary
city policies in the State of Iowa. Senate File 481 directs state law enforcement agencies to fully comply with
detainer notices issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and bars local entities from adopting or enforcing any
policy that "discourages the enforcement of immigration laws."
California
Has Highest Poverty Rate In America. California is a sanctuary state and is often championing movements which
find ways to grant protections and entitlements to immigrants at the expense of Americans. While an astronomical 30% of
Americans in California are receiving means-tested welfare, this pales in comparison to the 55% rate of use by immigrant
families consuming this type of welfare. The state is handing over tons of cash to foreign nationals at the expense of
Americans. [...] The state simply does not have enough jobs to support the hordes of immigrants they have taken in.
DOJ
takes sanctuary cities fight to next level. We want proof you are complying. Leftist legislators in the
"sanctuary cities" of Seattle, Washington, and Oakland, California, whined like babies this week after Attorney General Jeff
Sessions slammed them with an ultimatum: Respond to the department's information requests or face his wrath. Sent
to Seattle, Oakland and the state of Vermont, the ultimatum demanded all three jurisdictions offer concrete proof that
they're complying with federal immigration law and cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
3
More California Cities Vote to Opt Out of State's Sanctuary Law. The Newport Beach city council voted unanimously
earlier this week to challenge California's sanctuary law, joining a dozen other cities that are not interested in complying with the
sanctuary policies. It's the third city in the past two days to take such action, joining about a dozen others in recent weeks.
Justice
Dept. wants 'sanctuary' areas to prove they comply with laws. The U.S. Justice Department last week sent
another round of letters to the so-called sanctuary cities of Seattle and Oakland, as well as the state of Vermont, demanding
further proof that they are cooperating with federal immigration authorities. The letters warn that the Justice
Department could use subpoena power to force Seattle and Vermont to provide documents showing whether they are restricting
information sharing between law enforcement agencies. The department is further seeking a legal opinion on whether
policies in Oakland's police manual violate the federal statute requiring information-sharing with federal immigration
authorities.
Has
the California backlash against liberal craziness finally begun? While the nation continues to view California
as a homogeneous voting block of individuals in lock step with an increasingly progressive liberal agenda, for Common Sense
Californians up and down the left coast state, there's a sense that a different tide is rising. The ripple began in Los
Alamitos where the city council voted to opt out of California's sanctuary law. And it was followed by Orange County
who voted to join the U.S. Department of Justice in challenging the state's sanctuary city laws. This decision was
echoed by the city of Escondido and later this month San Diego County will also vote to join their ranks in this federal
lawsuit. Other municipalities are lining up to consider doing the same.
California's Illegal Immigration
Meltdown. California's sanctuary city law went into effect on January 1, and the left loves it. But not
everyone approves, even in California. Nearly a dozen local governments voted to oppose the law, Senate Bill 54. [...]
What does the bill do? The California Values Act stops local and state law enforcement from notifying ICE when they release
illegal immigrants subject to deportation. It bars them from asking about a person's immigration status. It also bars
them from being deputized as immigration agents. They can't arrest people on civil immigration warrants. They can't report
illegal immigrants with misdemeanors. Only if the immigrants can be charged with felonies can law enforcement work with ICE.
California's
latest contradictions — Welcoming criminals but warning about 'dangerous' coffee. Imagine a state
that passes a law welcoming, embracing and protecting criminals, directly endangering citizens. Then imagine that same
state passing laws, and judges issuing orders that make no sense except to micromanage people's lives in the name of keeping
them safe. A contradiction indeed, and especially ripe in California. The same week that a number of cities and
counties in California sued their own state over the dangerous law making the state a "sanctuary" for illegal alien
criminals, a judge issued a ruling to save Californians from themselves and their coffee-drinking habit.
Caravans, Churches and Criminal
Sanctuaries. Open borders tour guides in Mexico illegally shepherding 1,500 Central Americans to the United
States border declared victory this week. Mexican officials reportedly are offering humanitarian visas to avert a
showdown. But the parade of immigration lawlessness marches on — with reckless aiding and abetting by
churches across the U.S. Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the group in charge of the annual "migrant caravan," launched its effort
during Holy Week by invoking the Stations of the Cross with biblical costumery and prop crosses. When they're not
serving as human traffickers masquerading as human rights activists, these travel agents for amnesty busy themselves
constructing shelters along their illicit pathways that span the globe. Catholic groups have sponsored and subsidized
such nation-sabotaging campaigns for decades. The Vatican itself donated at least $20,000 in 2009 to erect a shelter
for Central American illegal aliens sneaking through Ixtepec, Mexico, where they hopped on freight trains into our country.
Another
California city backs Trump administration's lawsuit against state's 'sanctuary' laws. The resistance against
California's "sanctuary" laws is growing, with a city in San Diego County on Wednesday becoming the latest to back the Trump
administration's challenge to laws limiting local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The Justice
Department announced last month that it was filing a lawsuit against the policies which Attorney General Jeff Sessions said
hinders cooperation between federal and local law enforcement and prevents the government from enforcing federal immigration
law. A number of local authorities, particularly in Orange County, have pushed back against the move by the state's
Democratic leadership and have backed the Trump administration's push against laws they say benefit criminals and makes
California streets less safe.
Hunterdon
'Is Not Going to Be a Sanctuary County as Long as I'm Sheriff'. "I feel very strongly about this. I feel
that it's the right thing to do," said Fred W. Brown in an interview with LifeZette on Tuesday [4/3/2018]. Brown is the
sheriff of Hunterdon County, New Jersey — and he was referring to strengthening the security of our country. "We
need Congress to support law enforcement. The president is very supportive of law enforcement, fortunately," he added about
Donald J. Trump. "And we've noticed a big turnaround in support for law enforcement [since the election]. We need
that. America needs that."
Californication
blues. A sanctuary law, enacted in a burst of piety and generosity, was intended to protect illegal aliens who
have never seemed to get the hang of obeying the law. The illegals are expected by the Democratic politicians to take
out citizenship as soon as possible and vote Democratic ever after. This leads to conflict with local and state
government jurisdictions that oppose protecting the lawless. Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland, with a long-term unemployment
rate averaging 8.5 percent, has warned her illegals, some with felony convictions, that the Feds are coming to get them.
California is trying to use its size to defy federal law. Nothing quite like this has been seen since 1865, [...]
City
with Highest Per Capita Murder Rate Starts Defense Fund for Illegal Aliens. In response to the Trump
administration's immigration enforcement policies, American sanctuary cities took matters into their own hands by creating
local funds to help illegal aliens facing deportation. Chicago's City Council led the way by approving a $1.3 million
legal defense fund and the city of Los Angeles followed with a $10 million fund to help illegal immigrants dodge justice.
Shortly after the city announced its special immigrant legal project, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors offered to
kick in another $3 million to provide more lawyers. The only L.A. County Supervisor who voted against the fund
said it's irresponsible to allocate taxpayer money for such a program. In the city's case, the city attorney, whose office
prosecutes crimes and represents L.A. in litigation, said the money will ensure that there is "more fairness and more
effectiveness in the immigration system," which, of course, is a federal and not a state matter.
Poor
California — Democrats are turning the state into a major nightmare. Poor California. Its
politicians thought they were declaring war on the federal government, but now the state is embroiled in a war with itself,
as at least one county has said enough is enough with the scourge of being part of a sanctuary state for criminal illegal
immigrants. [...] When Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill that transformed California into a haven for illegal immigrant
criminals, California State Sheriffs' Association President Bill Brown said that as the result of the new law, "people who
are chronic or serial criminals that just haven't risen to a particular level of crime yet are going to go back out into the
community, and people are going to be victimized."
San
Diego County considers suing California over 'sanctuary state' law in growing backlash. The pushback against
California's "sanctuary state" law may soon move from Orange County to San Diego County, where the Board of Supervisors and
Escondido City Council will decide soon whether to join the backlash. Escondido Mayor Sam Abed and Councilman John
Masson have put an item on the Sunday agenda that would authorize the city's filing of a legal brief in support of the
federal government's lawsuit challenging three state laws enacted last year.
San
Diego County Could Be Next to Join CA Anti-Sanctuary Revolt. San Diego County and the city of Escondido in the
coming weeks will also reportedly consider defying California's "sanctuary state" laws, following Los Alamitos and Orange
County. Last week, Los Alamitos's city council passed an ordinance to defy SB 54, the state's main sanctuary law that
bars local authorities from honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. On Tuesday [3/27/2018], Orange County's
Board of Supervisors voted to join the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's three sanctuary state laws and condemn
the state's "sanctuary city" law.
Orange County supervisors
vote to fight California 'sanctuary' laws. The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday [3/27/2018] voted to move
against the state's "sanctuary" laws, adding a powerful voice to a growing backlash in some conservative parts of California to the
state's pro-immigrant policies. The board voted 4 to 0 to join a federal lawsuit against California's sanctuary
laws. Senate Bill 54, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed after the Legislature passed it last year, prohibits state and
local police agencies from notifying federal officials in many cases when immigrants in their custody who may potentially be subject
to deportation are about to be released.
ACLU
asks Greyhound to adopt sanctuary policy in face of ICE interrogations. U.S. Border Patrol agents have been
boarding Greyhound buses and questioning passengers in their attempts to crack down on illegal immigration, and a prominent
civil rights organization wants to put a damper on the practice. In a letter to Greyhound last week, the American Civil
Liberties Union asked the company to adopt what might be described as a sanctuary policy, denying immigration agents entrance
to its buses unless they have a judicial warrant for a specific passenger. The company "should not be in the business
of subjecting its passengers to intimidating interrogations, suspicionless searches, warrantless arrests, and the threat of
deportation," ACLU chapters in California and nine other states said in the letter to officials of Greyhound Lines in Dallas.
Is
The Golden State Trying To Secede? There may be hope in California yet. Despite the state's political descent into
madness by illegally declaring itself a "sanctuary state," the resistance it growing. California has a political and legal fight
on its hands, one it can't win.
U.S.,
West Palm Beach agree to settle 'sanctuary city' lawsuit. The U.S. Justice Department and West Palm Beach
agreed on Tuesday [3/27/2018] to settle a lawsuit over whether the Florida city was promoting "sanctuary city" policies to
protect illegal immigrants from deportation, the department announced.
New
York Sheriff Bucks State's 'Sanctuary' Trend. A New York state sheriff who has zagged as the rest of his state
has zigged said Monday morning [3/26/2018] that he decided to sign on to a federal immigration initiative in order to keep his community
safe. "We want the criminals out of our county," Sheriff Patrick Russo said on "The Laura Ingraham Show." The
Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office in January became the only one in the state to join the 287(g) program that promotes
cooperation between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement authorities.
Anti-'sanctuary
state' movement picks up steam in Orange County. Just more than a week after tiny Los Alamitos voted to defy
California's law protecting immigrants in the country illegally, Orange County is poised to become a counterpoint against the
state's resistance to the Trump administration's policies. On Tuesday [3/27/2018], Orange County supervisors may
consider whether to take up a resolution to condemn and possibly take legal action against the state's "sanctuary" laws.
"These state laws are preempted by federal law," Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson said. "Our officers actually face
penalties under state law if they so much as talk to federal agents for the wrong thing. That's just unacceptable and
it's contrary to federal law."
The
Anti-Sanctuary Movement Is Spreading In California. Earlier this week we looked at the California city of Los
Alamitos which was considering a vote to exempt themselves from Sacramento's decision to make the entire state into a
sanctuary for illegal aliens. That anti-sanctuary vote passed, and if a follow-up vote next month also succeeds, the
city will officially stand in defiance of sanctuary state policies. That's not the end of the story, however.
This act of rebellion seems to be spreading like some sort of constitutional freedom virus and other local and municipal
governments are looking to Los Alamitos as a blueprint for their own rebellions.
California
Police Refusing Border Patrol's Calls for Backup Under Sanctuary Law, Say Court Docs. Following the passage of
California's SB54 "sanctuary" law, Border Patrol agents were reportedly forced to release a suspected drunk driver after
local police refused to take them into custody. In a declaration submitted in the case of United States of America
v. State of California, San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott revealed that the Indio Police Department
refused to dispatch officers to take custody of a suspected drunk driver because Border Patrol agents initially stopped the
driver for an immigration inspection, court documents obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
Border Patrol
Agents Refuse To Turn Over Wanted Felons Because Of California's Sanctuary Laws. Border patrol agents are
refusing to hand over illegal immigrants with felony warrants to police in California because they can't be sure local
authorities will return the criminal aliens to federal custody, according to a top border security official in San
Diego. Rodney Scott, the chief patrol agent in the Border Patrol's San Diego Sector, said earlier this month that
California's statewide sanctuary law was undermining normal cooperation between his agency and local law enforcement.
In a little-reported declaration in support of the Department of Justice's March 6 lawsuit against California, Scott
recalled multiple instances in which a Border Patrol agent in the San Diego sector determined that releasing a criminal alien
to a local law enforcement would likely result in the person being released without notification to federal authorities.
Dad Whose Son Was
Shot By Illegal Immigrant Destroys Oakland Mayor For Sanctuary City Policy. Jamiel Shaw Sr., whose son was
killed by an illegal immigrant, called out the Democratic mayor of Oakland, Calif., for "allowing Americans to be murdered."
Mayor Libby Schaaf has been criticized by media pundits and federal officials for tipping off a group of wanted illegals [sic]
aliens and warning them about an impending federal raid. "You know, it was just disgusting," Shaw said on "Fox & Friends"
Friday. "Her job is to protect the citizens, the American citizens, you know. And for her to take a stand like
that, she's allowing Americans to be murdered."
Illegal
immigrants, who dodged California ICE raid after Dem mayor's tip-off, re-arrested for new crimes. Three illegal
immigrants, who avoided capture after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf blew the whistle on a raid by federal immigration
authorities last month, have since been re-arrested for new crimes including robbery and spousal abuse, ICE officials
said. Schaaf tweeted out a warning ahead of the raid in northern California last month, infuriating Immigration and
Customs Enforcement officials and the Trump administration. "How dare you!" Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in
California this month, addressing Schaaf. "How dare you needlessly endanger the lives of our law enforcement officers
to promote a radical, open borders agenda."
Punishing
the mayor of Oakland. Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf is in a war with ICE as she attempts to thwart the efforts of
the federal government to detain and deport criminal aliens from her "sanctuary city" community. Two weeks ago, she
revealed to the public information she had received indicating that ICE agents planned to sweep through Oakland and remove
those illegal felons from the community. As a result, while 150 criminals were detained, an estimated 800 mostly
violent felons escaped into the community, allowing the mayor to grandstand. She continues to threaten similar moves
against U.S. law in the future. There are suggestions that the mayor be arrested and prosecuted for obstruction of
justice by aiding and abetting the hiding of felons. Such an action in the jurisdiction of California's Ninth Circuit
is a total waste of time, as most of that court's judges have proven themselves incapable of putting the law before their
political agendas and the pace of the courts can best be described as glacial. Even were she to be removed, undoubtedly
another liberal politician would step up to replace her.
CA
town wants to be exempt from state's sanctuary city policies. Not everyone in California is a liberal extremist
or radical, open borders fanatic. In fact, there has been a movement around for years in Northern California to create
a 51st state called "Jefferson." The area is far more conservative with traditional values and its economic interests —
mining, timber, and fishing — is heavily regulated by the state. But the idea of a new state carved out of Northern California
is probably a pipe dream at this point. So perhaps it's not surprising that there is pushback against the extremist tide of government
elsewhere in the state.
Exclusive: GOP
Leadership Is Going To Fund Sanctuary Cities. Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the
must-pass spending bill next week, giving Democrats a huge victory while simultaneously undercutting conservatives who put
them in power, a senior GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation. "House and Senate leadership has rolled over
and played dead on border security. When it comes to a border wall, they say it is not our problem. When it comes
to funding sanctuary cities, they say it is not our problem. What they are essentially saying is we are going to pass
bills with more Democrats than Republicans," the aide told TheDCNF.
Should
Voters Be Required to Understand English? [Scroll down] The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was renewed several times.
By 2013, however, studies by the Census Bureau and other agencies had determined that black voters had achieved equality in the polling place
to whites: equal proportions of both were now registered as voters. So the purpose of the Voting Rights Act — to end
racial discrimination through the gimmicks of "tests and devices" — had been achieved, and in 2013 it was discontinued. A
Supreme Court ruling determined that the Act was no long needed. But now times have changed, and those cities which call themselves
sanctuaries for illegal immigration are engaged in a new vote fraud scheme: to enable "noncitizens" to vote. It's a combination
of two things: cheating immigration rules and cheating citizenship rules in order to establish new methods of vote fraud. This
strategy is the polar opposite of the post-Civil War strategy: the methods of vote suppression have now become methods of vote
enabling. Persons who are not citizens are now being allowed and fraudulently authorized to go to polling places and vote, violating
all Federal election laws.
Court Rules: Ban on Sanctuary
Cities In Texas Can Begin. In a major victory for President Trump and his quest to enforce the rule of law when
it comes to illegal immigration, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Texas's ban on 'sanctuary cities' can
proceed. The unanimous decision by the court's panel allows states to punish those jurisdictions that fail to cooperate
in turning illegal immigrants over to the federal government for deportation. They ruled that the federal government's
'detainer' requests were, in fact, legal, and the Texas law requires that local authorities comply with them or risk jail
time or removal from their position.
ICE
Director Fires Back at Nancy Pelosi. Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan had some strong words Tuesday for House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who accused the Trump administration and ICE agents of carrying out "cowardly attacks" on
illegal immigrants. Pelosi issued the statement after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against California,
claiming three recently passed state laws are deliberately interfering with federal immigration enforcement. "The
people of California will not be bowed by the Trump administration's brazen aggression and intimidation tactics," the
California Democrat said. "Californians will continue to proudly keep our doors open to the immigrants who make America
more American. We will fight this sham lawsuit and will fight all cowardly attacks on our immigrant communities."
Trump
wants next spending bill to punish sanctuary cities. The Trump administration has requested Congress move to
strip sanctuary cities of federal grants in the spending bill due by the end of next week, a government official said Tuesday
[3/13/2018]. The official briefed reporters aboard Air Force One as President Trump jetted to California to review the
prototypes for his border wall. "We are 100 percent committed to challenging sanctuary cities. We will be
successful," the official said.
US Appeals Court Upholds
Texas' Anti-Sanctuary Cities Law. A federal appeals court upheld a majority of Texas law that targets sanctuary
cities and cracks down on illegal immigration Tuesday afternoon [3/13/2018]. A three-judge panel in New Oreans' 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Texas' current immigration enforcement laws are constitutional. Senate Bill 4 enacted
the law allowing local law enforcement officers to question the immigration status of people they detain or arrest, The Texas
Tribune reported. The only part of the bill that remains on hold is a provision punishing local government leaders and
or elected officials who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials, such as the mayor of Oakland, Calif., who
tipped off residents of an immigration raid.
ICE
Director Fires Back at Nancy Pelosi: 'How Dare You' Call ICE Agents 'Cowardly'. Acting ICE Director Thomas
Homan had some strong words Tuesday for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who accused the Trump administration and ICE
agents of carrying out "cowardly attacks" on illegal immigrants. Pelosi issued the statement after the Justice
Department filed a lawsuit against California, claiming three recently passed state laws are deliberately interfering with
federal immigration enforcement. "The people of California will not be bowed by the Trump administration's brazen
aggression and intimidation tactics," the California Democrat said. "Californians will continue to proudly keep our
doors open to the immigrants who make America more American. We will fight this sham lawsuit and will fight all
cowardly attacks on our immigrant communities."
'Sick
and Tired of Hearing About Illegal Alien Dreams!' Border Wall Advocates Rally in San Diego. Supporters of
President Trump and the families of victims of illegal immigrant crime held a pro-border wall rally in San Diego, California
on Tuesday [3/13/2018] as the president toured prototypes of the wall. Trump supporters drowned out small gatherings of
open borders activists and illegal aliens who were protesting Trump's visit to San Diego, chanting "Build that wall!" and
telling stories of what illegal immigration has specifically done to the sanctuary state of California: [...]
San
Francisco's ICE spokesman quits, disputes agency's claim that 800 eluded arrest. The San Francisco spokesman
for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned after the agency's recent Northern California sweep, saying he couldn't
continue to do his job after Trump administration officials made false public statements about a key aspect of the operation.
James Schwab told The Chronicle on Monday [3/12/2018] that he was frustrated by repeated statements by officials, including U.S.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, that roughly 800 undocumented immigrants escaped arrest because of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's
Feb. 24 warning to the public about the four-day operation, issued the night before federal officers began staking out
homes and knocking on doors.
ICE
spokesman resigns, citing fabrications by agency chief, Attorney General Sessions, about California immigrant arrests. The
San Francisco spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resigned over what he described as "false" and "misleading"
statements made by top-ranking officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and ICE Acting Director Thomas D. Homan.
The now-former spokesman, James Schwab, told news outlets late Monday that his resignation stemmed from statements by Homan and Sessions
that potentially hundreds of "criminal aliens" evaded ICE during a Northern California raid in February because Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
warned the immigrant community in advance. Schwab said he pushed back on that characterization — but said ICE instructed him
to "deflect" questions from the press.
Kamala
Harris: 'I Support' Oakland Mayor Who Helped Criminal Illegal Aliens Evade Deportation '100 Percent. Senator
and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-CA) says she "100 percent" supports Oakland Mayor Libby
Schaaf's (D) decision to help criminal illegal aliens evade deportation ahead of a raid by federal immigration officials.
During a fundraiser for the YMCA's "Y for Youth Luncheon," Harris defended Schaaf, who made national headlines last month
when she warned criminal illegal aliens of a coming raid in Oakland by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
California
Sanctuary City Laws Likely Responsible for 5K Crimes by Released Criminal Illegal Aliens. The state of
California and the sanctuary city laws that make it a safe-haven for criminal illegal aliens is likely responsible for at
least 5,000 crimes that were committed by criminal illegal aliens released by local authorities rather than being handed over
to federal immigration officials. According to data conducted for Breitbart News by the Center for Immigration Studies'
Director of Policy Jessica Vaughan, the state of California — which refuses to hand over criminal illegal aliens
to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency — makes up about half of all non-cooperation with federal
immigration officials in the U.S.
Mexican
Presidential Candidate Campaigns In California — Slams Trump And Supports Illegal Aliens In US.
Mexican Presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya Cortés campaigned in the U.S. throughout the weekend, blasting President
Donald Trump and calling on protection for illegal immigrants. Anaya met with a group of businessmen and activists
across the city of Los Angeles, including former President Barack Obama-era Department of Homeland Security chief Janet
Napolitano, who is the current president of the University Of California, Fox News reported. The presidential candidate
spoke about "the importance of supporting the Dreamers and agreed that Mexican migrants deserve respect," Anaya said in a tweet.
Trump and Jeff sessions together
sued the government of California for its Sanctuary City policy. In 1994 California passed Proposition 187. It
was a ballot initiative designed to prohibit illegal aliens from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other
services. After voters passed the law by ballot referendum it was challenged in court. The proposition was approved
by a margin of 59% to 41%. Three days after the bill's passage, Federal Judge W. Matthew Byrne issued a temporary
restraining order against institution of the measure. Judge Mariana Pfaelzer issued a permanent injunction of Proposition 187
in December 1994. Pfaelzer found the law to be unconstitutional on the basis that it infringed on the federal government's exclusive
jurisdiction over matters relating to immigration. [...] In 1994 California had approximately 1.3 million illegal immigrants of which
approximately 300,000 were children. In 2014 that number is estimated at between 2.35 to 2.65 million. 6% of the
state's population is estimated to be illegal immigrants. In comparison to the National number of approximately 11 million
this is almost 1/4 of the national population.
In
Rejecting U.S. Immigration Law, California Has A Role Model: The Confederacy. The Justice Department's
decision to sue California for violating the U.S. Constitution by obstructing federal immigration enforcement wasn't made
lightly. But given the enormous stakes involved it was necessary, and California deserves to lose, big time.
Meet
Some Of The Criminal Illegals California Has Set Free. The White House released a list of criminal illegal
immigrants set free by the state of California in lieu of allowing ICE to detain them, in a Thursday morning [3/8/2018] statement.
The Trump administration filed suit against the state of California Wednesday for classifying itself as a sanctuary state.
"California is using every power it has — and some it doesn't — to frustrate federal law enforcement.
So you can be sure I'm going to use every power I have to stop them," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in his announcement of
the lawsuit Thursday.
Trump's
DOJ Suing California Over Sanctuary City Resistance. If there's one thing President Trump won't put up with
it's illegal immigration. California, which prides itself on being a "sanctuary state," just learned that the hard way.
Trump
administration sues California over laws protecting immigrants. The Trump administration, seeking to force a
defiant California to cooperate with its agenda of stepped-up immigrant deportations, went to federal court Tuesday [3/6/2018] to
invalidate three state laws — the administration's most direct challenge yet to the state's policies. Administration
officials say the three laws in question, all passed by the Legislature last year, blatantly obstruct federal immigration law and
thus violate the Constitution's supremacy clause, which gives federal law precedence over state enactments.
Trump
DOJ sues California over 'interference' with immigration enforcement. The Trump Justice Department filed a
lawsuit Tuesday night against California, saying three recently-passed state laws were deliberately interfering with federal
immigration policies. It marked the latest legal and political confrontation with the nation's most populous state,
which the federal government says has repeatedly stood in the way of its plans to step up enforcement actions in the
workplace and against criminal aliens. "The Department of Justice and the Trump Administration are going to fight these
unjust, unfair, and unconstitutional policies," Attorney General Jeff Sessions was expected to tell California law enforcement
officers on Wednesday [3/7/2018]. "We are fighting to make your jobs safer and to help you reduce crime in America."
Illegal
immigrants with sex, robbery convictions among those who evaded capture after Dem mayor's warning. A Democratic
mayor's warning to illegal immigrants of an incoming ICE raid in northern California may have led to a number of illegal
immigrants with violent and sex-related convictions evading capture and deportation. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tweeted
out an impending warning of the four-day raid last week, alerting targeted individuals to the imminent arrests, and
infuriating Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, who say that many more could have been caught if they
hadn't been warned.
California's
Defiance Exposes a House (and Senate) Divided. Despite the passing of President Trump's DACA deadline this
week, with no action by Congress and even less notice from the media, California's slow-motion revolt against the federal
government continues apace. What began with the acceptance of lifestyle crimes such as marijuana smoking in violation
of federal drug laws has turned into an all-out rejection of the nation's immigration laws, followed by unilateral action by
states and cities to declare themselves "sanctuaries" for illegal aliens. As we learned in 1861-65, state nullification
of federal laws is not compatible with a federal system; "a house divided against itself cannot stand," as Abraham Lincoln
put it in his famous speech accepting the Republican nomination for Senate from Illinois in 1858. Although he lost to
Stephen Douglas that year, and while he was talking about slavery, the principle still holds true today as applied to similarly
divisive issues.
Jerry
Brown: Trump 'Going to War Against the State of California'. California Governor Jerry Brown complained Wednesday
[3/7/2018] that the Trump administration "is basically going to war against the state of California" after Attorney General Jeff
Sessions filed a lawsuit Tuesday evening against California's "sanctuary state" laws.
Defiant:
Jerry Brown, Kamala Harris, Xavier Becerra Slam 'Bully' Jeff Sessions. California's leading elected officials
responded defiantly Tuesday evening [3/6/2018] to a Department of Justice lawsuit that seeks to have the state's "sanctuary"
laws declared unconstitutional under the Supremacy Clause. The lawsuit, filed in Sacramento, seeks to overturn the
Immigrant Worker Protection Act (HB 450), the Inspection and Review of Facilities Housing Federal Detainees law (AB 103);
and the California Values Act (SB 54), otherwise known as the "Sanctuary State" law.
Oakland
Mayor Libby Schaaf Should Be Prosecuted. Realizing that in the era of crime monitor Jeff Sessions, who plays
attorney general on TV, no crime by a public official gets prosecuted for anything, one can only hope that for the safety of
the people of Oakland that its mayor, one Libby Schaaf, is arrested and prosecuted for harboring criminal illegal aliens in
her city. Mayor Schaaf recently acted as the functional equivalent of a gang lookout, shouting "ICE!" upon learning of
a raid on criminal illegal aliens in her city.
Federal
judge allows Trump to withhold grants to California as part of sanctuary city crackdown. A federal judge in
Northern California has declined a request from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to block the Trump
administration's decision to withhold a law enforcement grant to the state as part of its crackdown on states and
jurisdictions that protect illegal immigrants. Becerra asked for a preliminary injunction against the Trump
administration's decision, but Judge William Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled
against taking that step.
Mayor
Willing to Go to Jail to Ensure SF Remains Sanctuary City Forever. Interim San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell is
reportedly willing to go to jail to ensure his city always remains a "sanctuary city." Farrell assured hundreds of
amnesty activists last week who were blocking and protesting in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
building that San Francisco will forever be a "sanctuary city." He also, according to ABC7, "said he is willing to get
arrested if that's what it takes to defend sanctuary city policies," echoing comments that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
recently made. The activists gathered to protest after ICE detained more than 200 illegal immigrants, nearly half of
whom had criminal records, last week in various Bay Area raids.
DA
Retaliates After Cops Expose Her For Letting Criminals Go. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg cut off
police access to a database that is essential to criminal investigations after they criticized her actions. The Houston
Police Department lambasted Ogg after she said police were being too hard on illegal immigrants and criminals. In
response, the Democrat attorney issued a memo stating assistant district attorneys would no longer allow police to access the
investigative database regarding court cases. Members of the Houston Police Officer's Union slammed Ogg's office and
said she is jeopardizing their ability to protect the people of Texas by denying them access to essential information.
Families
of Victims of Illegal Immigrant Crime: Arrest Mayors of Sanctuary Cities. Don Rosenberg, president of
Advocates for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime, said AVIAC's members are "extremely disappointed" in the White House's
immigration framework. [...] Trump's immigration framework includes a path to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals beneficiaries in 10-12 years if certain requirements are met in exchange for limits on family reunification or
"chain migration," elimination of the visa lottery and funding more barriers or "walls" along the southern border.
Trump's plan would cover 1.8 million undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, which
includes up to 800,000 who were issued work permits under President Obama's DACA program. Michelle Root's daughter
Sarah was killed one day after her college graduation in 2016 by a driver with a blood alcohol content at three times the
legal limit. Edwin G. Mejia, charged in the fatal crash, was living in the country illegally and may have fled
the U.S. after jumping bail.
Violent
criminals among illegal immigrants caught in California raid derailed by Dem mayor. A sweep of Northern
California by federal immigration officials this week, which was partly thwarted when the Oakland mayor sounded the alarm,
nabbed a number of illegal immigrants convicted of a variety of serious and violent crimes. Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) officials announced this week that the four-day raid led to the arrest of 232 illegal immigrants in the San
Francisco Bay Area. Of those 232, 180 "were either convicted criminals, had been issued a final order of removal and
failed to depart the United States, or had been previously removed" from the country and had come back illegally.
The Editor says...
Grab your copy of Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, 1990, and turn to page 14, and you will see this: